oberoniaomnia
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| 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... | |
| Fine tuning the system. Where do you start and how do you proceed ? First, the room makes by far the most significant contribution to sound quality (with exception of near field and headphone listening). so discounting room is the a first order mistake. Second, I listen to music not test records. A good system ma... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. @knownothing Science is about looking at data and making the best possible inference with the least ad hoc assumption (Parsimony, Mach's Principle of Economy, Ockham's Razor). It needs not to be predictive or testing as is shown in e.g. medical di... | |
| What exactly is ROON? Re Audirvana vs. Roon, I have lifetime licenses for both and can't tell the difference in terms of sound quality running it from a dedicated computer (Mac mini). At one point Audirvana had some annoying bug with playlists, so focussed on Roon. Cou... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. I find ASR a refreshing, fact-based antidote to the florid nonsense hyperbole in traditional audio reviews. Take Fremer who argued in a TT review in TAS last year that one arc second is audible with respect to wow&flutter. That is physics non... | |
| How often do you upgrade turntable ? in the 1980s, Lenco hand-me down from my grandmother. ~1996/7 Project 6.1 2018 a Thorens 203 POS based on recommendation of a local Hi-End shop: lesson: don't trust brick and mortar shops. 2020 VPI super prime scout: wanted VTA on the fly, turn... | |
| Turntable Upgrade @gickcf Re VTA, I bought a VPI super prime scout with SoundSmith Zephyr cart for exactly that reason from Upscale. I could not hear an iota of difference even with massive changes. Before spending money on VTA, check whether you can hear it. If yo... | |
| Ultrasonic cleaning of 45 flexidiscs? I had hoped someone here has some experience with this. I don't have scrap flexis floating around, and they are not that easy to find in the $bin at stores. Will wait a bit longer and ponder the matter ... |