oberoniaomnia
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| The Insane World of High End Audio! Is it All a Scam? @invalid thank you for proving my point. 200 units in a global market is minuscule. Roughly 1 per country. @deep_333 re effort, that's all good and well, but how does it sound? Provide data on blind tests, and then we have a basis for discussion.... | |
| The Insane World of High End Audio! Is it All a Scam? Randy has a point. With the "audiophile" discourse being dominated by stratospherically priced items, why does anybody wonder that there are few young people coming in? He also has a point that at best marginally better sounding items in the 10K ... | |
| The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype There are more significant differences in recording style than DAC flavors (analytical vs. "musical"). Then add personal preference, and the vast majority of DAC are perfectly fine. For those discerning folks, you may need multiple DACs and match ... | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @invalid "bus bars" sound like something *inside* one chassis. I google image searched Krell bus bar, and I only get single chassis items. I doubt that on a power amp there would be bare metal external linkers like speaker jumpers. I am talking a... | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @devinplombier interesting possibility re legal requirement for some power cable. There would still be the possibility for basic and upgraded cable. Particularly those that according to electronics manufacturer have the best "synergy". Someone el... | |
| Pure Fidelity / Rega I recently bought a Naia package and very happy with it. In terms of design philosophy and looks your two contenders are at opposite ends of the spectrum. That's for you to figure out for yourself. I looked at some of the pure harmony YouTube vid... | |
| Advice on turntables If you are thinking in this kind of price category, I separate phonostage will be a significant factor. I have not heard Dr. Feikert, just know it gets good reviews. I suggest figure out for yourself of what you want from your new TT: - 1 vs 2 t... | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? I would switch the question around: Why do equipment manufacturers provide a power cord at all? Leave it up to the customer to decide what kind of cord he/she wants. Many TTs are sold without cartridge, and are unusable without one. Or for tube eq... | |
| Is there any such thing as a bad sounding DAC these days? Recently compared a Topping D50III ($250) to a HoloAudio May L2 ($5K). SLIGHT differences, where depending on music played I SLIGHTLY preferred one over the other. DACs linked in Roon, volume matched, both connected to preamp, so could switch sour... | |
| Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading? Recently added a SUT (Zesto) to my Rega Naia/Aphelion2 rig, and that brought immediate changes in oomph to the sound. In terms of physics, it should not make an iota of difference, but it does. Take that from someone who has never heard a differe... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? @whart +1 The question to me is how you evaluate this in the real world, given the limitations that most brick and mortar dealers have, aside from their choice of top tier brand(s), which may limit you. Late last year I asked Upscale Audio in ... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. @samureyex What has the better predictive value for the sound of a DAC: SINAD or price? I go with SINAD. Not perfect, but better. Scientifically expressed as higher factor loading in a PCA. Why are expensive DACs generally reported to sound bet... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. @samureyex @jrareform LOL! ASR s faulted for evaluating equipment based on measurements (which are actually relevant to audio such as frequency response, distortion), and then you adduce measurements that are INaudible (capacitance, resistance, ... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. @samureyex I agree with you that there are differences. The question is, do they matter? Are they audible? In any scientific test, the null hypothesis is no difference. So the burden or proof is with those who think there is a difference. If you t... | |
| The "young people' music thread - Artists younger than 40 years old Necrø: dark electronica, record is in the mail right now, brand new release. VV and the Void: currently active in Berlin, coldwave/dreamwave Videotraum out of Hamburg: shoegazy new wave Rue Oberkamp out of Munich: from synth pop to EBM. Abu Ne... |