Learning about crossovers helped convert me from atheist to a believer in God


Let’s see if this one survives.    

I have been an atheist for 50 years.  Recently I became a believer.  One factor that helped tip the scales is the “fine tuned universe” argument - the idea that the physics constants, e.g. the mass of an electron, are so finely “selected” that if they weren’t very close to what they are, life wouldn’t exist.  This is an argument for a creator.  The best counter argument seems to be that there are an infinite number of universes and we got lucky.  

When I got into audio, and started learning about crossovers, I was ASTOUNDED at how well the pieces fit together.  Octaves are exact doubles of frequency.  3dB describes so many seemingly unrelated phenomena.  But the one that really got me was the magic of capacitors and inductors.  They share no parts, other than wires sticking out at each end (usually), one acts due to voltage, one acts due to electromagnetism, one resists AC, one resists DC.  And yet, somehow, they are mirror images of each other, using almost exactly the same equations, behaving perfectly orthogonal to each other, even to the extent of how powerfully they perform their function (3dB again).  How is this possible?  Could this have happened due to random chance?  I smell a creator.  

alanhuth

They are like the apple from the forbidden fruit in paradise , a temptation...

But if you are agnostic , they are a pile of dust at the end...😊

My last dac was a NOS one TDA 1543...

My new one is dual ESS9218P DAC chips..

there is a difference....But the implementation in the system is as critical as the difference of the design...

I am happy with the two... but the NOS one please me better with my Sansui AU 7700 and speakers... The other please me way better with the Sansui alpha and the headphone...

 

 

Sorry to change the subject, but what do you think about R2R DACS?

OK, so if I understand you correctly, R2R DACS provide no improvement over Sigma-Delta DACS?

You misunderstood me...

I said that i prefer the Nos one in one case the other in another case...

All dac are different...

but their embeddings matter for the evaluation of our impression...

if i had money i could upgrade to a R2R architecture and be more happy..

but the results i already have is so good that upgrading is less appealing because listening music i can forgot the sound...

There is not always a simple answer for all evils... 😉

Silent listening of music is now my answer to the dac problem , because in my actual system all sound right...

can it be better ? always...But i dont need the upgrade...

 

OK, so if I understand you correctly, R2R DACS provide no improvement over Sigma-Delta DACS?

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I just think about a paradox:

It is when we abandon ourself  that we become ourself...