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Did Amir Change Your Mind About Anything?

It’s easy to make snide remarks like “yes- I do the opposite of what he says.”  And in some respects I agree, but if you do that, this is just going to be taken down. So I’m asking a serious question. Has ASR actually changed your opinion on anything?  For me, I would say 2 things. I am a conservatory-trained musician and I do trust my ears. But ASR has reminded me to double check my opinions on a piece of gear to make sure I’m not imagining improvements. Not to get into double blind testing, but just to keep in mind that the brain can be fooled and make doubly sure that I’m hearing what I think I’m hearing. The second is power conditioning. I went from an expensive box back to my wiremold and I really don’t think I can hear a difference. I think that now that I understand the engineering behind AC use in an audio component, I am not convinced that power conditioning affects the component output. I think. 
So please resist the urge to pile on. I think this could be a worthwhile discussion if that’s possible anymore. I hope it is. 

chayro
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audphile1
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@ the measurements is everything crowd…riddle me this…

Your rich uncle dies. He had an awesome stereo with two dacs - a Topping D90SE that he used to stream from Tidal (MQA), and an Audio Research DAC-9 that he used for Qobuz. His widow calls you and says kid, in his will, your uncle had left you one DAC and you can only take one.
He left the manuals for you to review the specs as he promised his kids the rest of the system and they already picked it all up. There’s nothing to plug the dac into.
The manuals state the following measurements:

Topping D90SE:

  • Frequency response
  • 20Hz - 20kHz (±0.1dB)
  • 20Hz - 40kHz (±0.3dB)
  • THD+N@A-wt: <0.00005% @1kHz
  • SNR@A-wt: 134dB @1kHz

Audio Research DAC-9:

  • FREQUENCY RESPONSE +/-0.15dB 20Hz – 20kHz;
  • THD+NOISE Less than .002% at 2V RMS 1kHz Balanced output.
  • SIGNAL TO NOISE>114dB.

 

You’re walking out of that house with one DAC and one DAC only…which one and why?

 

P.S.

@mahgister I actually wrote a long post…I know…hypocrite…but bare with me here for 💩 s and giggles…

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thyname
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@audphile1 : the ARC DAC of course. But…. with a twist: grab the ARC, sell it to gullible & deluded (or is it fallacious now, as the Master named them?) audiophile. Buy the Topping DAC brand new with a small portion of the sale proceeds. Save a lot of money, with which you can buy a lot of measurement gadgets. Measure away all your heart wants! 😉

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audphile1
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@thyname good one hahaha 

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mahgister
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P.S.

@mahgister I actually wrote a long post…I know…hypocrite…but bare with me here for 💩 s and giggles…

 

You are not hypocrite but very kind toward me because my posts are heavier, much long, and less easy for anybody trying to  catch the essence of the matter...Sorry...

Thanks anyway ...😊

The audio research, i think i will pick ( price tag means nothing but i am human ) ...

 

My position is i appreciate Amir analysis... But as information added i welcome it ..

I dont like for sure to be told lesson about my hearings impression by some  techno-cultist...

And i dont think that suggesting as i did to tune a room by our faillible and biases ears is in any way "fallacious"...it is economical and it is what we may call real learning...

 

«My perfect mother created his imperfect son because she said there is something more in it»--Groucho Marx 🤓

somethingsomethingaudio
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@amir_asr you say you are one of the most open minded people yet you shut down a thread about Erins audio corner because you said the title was clickbait and people dissenting caused you to throw a hissy fit.

thread in question

I have not once heard you say in your responses here, how you could do things better or where you fell short. That is why you are vilified here and Erin is beloved. you have no modesty and you can't even witness it. 

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