Removing a ZERO from the price of amps

https://darko.audio/2020/07/expert-opinion-bruno-putzeys-purifi-hypex-kii-mola-mola/

Darko Web site has an interview about this subject matter.

I listened to the first part of Bruno’s interview. There is some truth to what he is saying........but, tons of things that affect sound cannot be measured. For instance, I just changed 4 inches of Hypex cable on the input of a Purifi based amp I have here to my own custom cable. The sound difference is huge, but the amp would not measure any different. Nord and Apollon claim their (not quite as good measuring) NC1200 based amps sound better than their Purifi based amps. A guy on Whats Best Forum has two amps from Nord done pretty much the same way.....one set of monos with the Purifi and the other with the NC500s.....he does say the Purifi is a little better but whatever op amp you put into the modules makes way more difference than the modules......and I bet swapping the input wire would be the same.

A great measuring amp is a good place to start.....but every Purifi based amp will sound different....because everyone will use different jacks, wire, solder, input stages, regulators for the input stages....passive parts in circuit, layout, AC jacks, fusing, etc....to infinity.

I am finishing up mods to Purifi based amps, right now. A part of my mod is to modify the Purifi module. No one has ever modded an NCore or Purifi module to my knowledge....they just add their own input stage. There are parts on the Ncore and Purifi modules that add audible distortion (not measurable). Putting lower audible distortion parts (and execution) here changes the sound to a more detailed and real sound. I will have more info shortly.....with very explicit details.

Some fun reading here:
http://tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Purifi_amp_mods.html

I need an amp today since I sold my existing one this morning. Likely going for the Benchmark AHB2 but will keep my eyes on the Purifi stuff as it matures.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/seeking-cost-performance-input-and-thoughts-hypex-vs-purifi-vs-benchmark.13290/

The Audiosciencereview cult......he he...believes in measurements only. They don’t think anything else matters......you know...wire is wire....stock fuses are fine.....any kind of connector is ok.....who cares about resonances....etc. etc.

I believe everything makes a sonic difference.......So I am in the "snake oil pusher" dept....according to them. According to me they are in the "Ostrich with head in hole....so I cannot hear anything" dept.

The old Objectivist versus Subjectivist game. Old as Audio itself. I just don’t understand why the objectivists don’t just get a 1977 Pioneer receiver and be done with it. Why do they even bother posting about anything....or investigating anything since they think nothing matters except numbers?......We humans are a hoot.

Every implementation of the Purifi module will sound different.....yet measure the same.....this is the truth.....truth is not what Audiosciencereview is about. They are about a point of view. Truth in audio is what you HEAR. Audiophile means lover of Audio......sound.......music. Measureitophile means lover of measurements. Two different kinds of points of view.

I think measurements are fine. They can indicate some audible differences......however, there are an infinite number of other things that determine audible differences. If you only measure, then you are not playing with the whole deck.  You are just playing with one card.  Really, not much fun!