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The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype
I am happy with my 2 dacs... Dac make a difference but non on par with speakers or pre-amplification... And Acoustics controls matter way more ...    
Organ music, your system, and an old German
Wow! I listened to exactly the same Erato Bass organ with Marie Claire Alain to test and refine and optimize my AKG K340 hybrid headphones. When you hear deep bass with your feet and body with bones resonances clear without distortion or boomness... 
The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines.
Calling an audio marketing ideology "science" reflect a tendency of our  dominated social fabric... Arguing about the sound quality of our gear at least make an appeal to our hearing  sense, educated or not, trained or not...   Acoustics rules ... 
The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines.
Common sense science and real experience indicated that the ASR set of measures cannot describe the sound experience of speakers nor the subjectivist evaluation in a living room...    Common sense and acoustics science with experiments said so..... 
«40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!»
my philosophy has 2 parts: Buy what you can afford... Study acoustics... My deepest salutation brother...   So l totally believe in your logic of buying for ‘peanuts’……second hand can be the new ‘Go West young man’…..it’s the new affordable ... 
The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines.
I cannot understand subjectivist audiophiles or objectivists either...    Acoustics measures by ears and tools matter first and last even over the pieces of gear design because any piece of well done designed gear is replaceable, The room and ea... 
Who's winning?
Socrates is not satisfied or unsatisfied. Socrates is not a passive consumer of cheap speakers or highly costlier one. Socrates think, experiment and learn acoustics with anything cheap or costly and end always appreciating what he did.   A ques... 
Are Headphones Fit for Serious Music Listening?
Reading any headphones reviews at any price make me realize how lucky i am with My AKG K340 (100 bucks but modified)... The soundfield is not in my head but i felt like in front of good speakers and the big organ bass note are deep and clear so m... 
Bacch Dsp, True stereo?
Audiophiles are busy upgrading... They dont know yet that the only upgrade of value is the Choueiri BACCH system... If we dont study acoustics we pay the price of ignorance...  
«40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!»
My optimally well done system cost peanuts... I cannot sell "acoustic knowledge" and cannot even give it in legacy... I am not really an audiophile. I studied and experiment to learn how to make the best with any relatively good piece of gear...... 
«40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!»
Listening Jay video i realize how much we are different... He said that he enjoy visual cues because in the dim light music can become boring. He said that visual cue are more powerful than sound. I prefer darkness. Sounds may be less "attracti... 
«40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!»
I am not worry about audiophile country population... I dont give a damn... But i like Jay as human... Myself my system cost 1000 bucks speakers+ headphone and i am not envious one second about any Jay's gear pieces... Acoustics rule... I pos... 
Are Headphones Fit for Serious Music Listening?
I hate headphones. I bought 10 pairs and modified them with success. I disliked them even after successful modifications...   I stumble on the AKG K340 and after 6 intensive months i succeed after optimization (6 modifications) to reach a S.Q. l... 
"The room can totally wreck, or make, a system"
For 2 years 7day/7 without a day without doing acoustic experiments because i am retired i learned : it may cost nothing to fix your system/room. It ask for a great amount of listening experimenting time. Generally the most expanse on upgrades ... 
"The room can totally wreck, or make, a system"
I sang this song here for many years. :) The sound quality result not from the room or the systems but from the relation between specifics ears/brain, specifics system parts and speakers, specifics room (including the material acoustic content of...