TAS. The Absolute Sound?

Remember in the Matrix how the operators could visualize the scene by watching green symbols raining down the computer screen?  Apparently, Jason doesn’t need to listen to the music, he watches a graph of the music.  A $300 bluetooth amp should generate some great looking charts for you.

I still laugh at how we were all caught up in amplifier specs in the late 70s/early 80s.  % THD and power output seemed so important.  Then one day I heard a good amp without negative feedback which is how they got such great looking specs.  The lesson is measurements are a tool for the designer.  How it sounds is for the listener.

Very true indeed!

I cannot even imagine that a so simple acoustics truth is denied because someone believe as ultimate measuring truths solution the designer marketing department so good his amplifier could be...

i will add for more precision : "the lesson is (electrical )measurements are a tool for the designer .How it sound is for the listener" in his room dimensions , geometry +acoustics materials content for his specific ears canals measures and HTRF .

still laugh at how we were all caught up in amplifier specs in the late 70s/early 80s. % THD and power output seemed so important. Then one day I heard a good amp without negative feedback which is how they got such great looking specs. The lesson is measurements are a tool for the designer. How it sounds is for the listener.

@jasonbourne71 . Here's a footnote from Archimago--

"Abso--- So--d even declared MQA “better than Hi-Res!” on an issue cover and the editor Robert Harley even states that “MQA is the most significant audio technology of my lifetime.”

Gotta love sellers/ sales-persons ....  Don't lose your salt shaker :)  (RIP Jimmy Buffett.)

I've said it before and I'll say it again, TAS, Stereophile and other uber-high-end mags and sites are nothing but audiophile porn - enticing us to drool at the (for most of us) unattainable.

I think TAS and Stereophile are a great place to start. Helped me as did AG forum. Big learning curve. I will never spend uber dollars though. For me a system of $4000 may suffice, well $12000 if i could. Enjoy.