mdalton
Responses from mdalton
| The Emperor Has No Clothes!! But seriously, it’s stuff like this that make all of us the deserving objects of ridicule from our non- audiophile friends. I’m convinced that confirmation bias is the dirty little secret in all our lives that we need to acknowledge before we can... | |
| The Emperor Has No Clothes!! @audphile1 gosh, a lot of anger there. I actually didn’t remember who said it; didn’t really matter, as it’s just a metaphor for what I see as a broader problem with the hobby. are you saying you want to invest in my company? | |
| Old phones as streaming sources ok, i’ll go! regarding reference music, I don’t know, I think live music and my system at home are very different. For example, my most recent live music experiences, both very recent, were Blues Alley (very small) and Kennedy Center (much bigge... | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? @benanders +1 It’s like getting invited to what you think is a dinner party, and it turns out to be a lecture; no conversation, no food, no booze. No fun! | |
| Roon Endpoint Streamers - Direct Comparisons between Current Offerings? As I understand it, your streamer uses a Pi; not sure how Mesttum implements the Pi, but in its freestanding form, the pi has been measured as having more noise than a few other relatively inexpensive alternatives, such as the iFi Zen, the Volumio... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @lanx0003 Oh, no, the E70 I have is the one with the ESS 9028pro chip; I spent the huge sum of $349 on it! The $600 was a reference to my Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra; it normally sells for $899; I misspoke, as I got it open box for $699, not $... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @lanx0003 btw, we ran the okto unbalanced - it’s really designed for balanced, so we sacrificed a few db of its very high SNR in the test. I use Cardas converters, which are really well made, but still…. | |
| Old phones as streaming sources agree re our convos. have enjoyed your persoective. re okto, I like it a lot. it’s in a really nice, “budget” system I put together that is not set up for critical listening due to room constraints, even so it sounds very, very good. I did a ... | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? no, no, no! my apologies. I know English is not your first language, so that was a little cryptic (unclear) on my part. The joke was really an homage to your ability not to get fooled by bias. It’s a wonderful, powerful strength. | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? @mahgister that’s called a “joke”. equality of women should be noncontroversial, agreed? | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? @mahgister you are clearly way more evolved than I am! Next thing you’re gonna say is you think women should have equal rights, or something. I am not worthy! | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? last point (maybe?) thank god the car wash hasn’t started a marketing campaign that their special mix of soap and wax improves the performance of my S4 and Golf. My god, I might be willing to pay them thousands!!!!! | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? one more point: confirmation bias is alive and well in car performance, just like audio. Case in point: I have had numerous instances where, right after getting my car washed, I experience this compelling sense that my car handles better - swear ... | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? so let’s tease out more detail on @viridian ’s apt analogy, buying a car. Measurements are a really effective way to narrow down my selections when I buy a car. I always look at horsepower, but of course you should also consider weight (as all h... | |
| Roon Endpoint Streamers - Direct Comparisons between Current Offerings? oops, sorry, trouble with links: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/aurender-model- https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/old-phones-as-streaming-sources |