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| Differences between models of expensive vs inexpensive DACs @soix I agree there’s more to a DAC than just the DAC chip but won’t the chip ultimately be the limiting factor assuming everything else is executed to perfection? I’m of the understanding that the companies who manufacture high end DACs are not ... | |
| Differences between models of expensive vs inexpensive DACs Thanks for the responses. It seems like there may be convergence among many designs as they reach the performance limits of the DAC chips they're based on. There may be some outliers going for a specific modification to the sound in the output sta... | |
| Differences between models of expensive vs inexpensive DACs @lordmelton I assume you have a half way decent system and can hear differences between DACs. Have you ever listened to entry level DACs through your system? If so, do you notice similar issues with them? | |
| What are we objectivists missing? Objectivists are just subjectivists calling out nonsense objective claims made by some subjectivists. | |
| What are we objectivists missing? To answer the OP post, all evidence suggests that under properly controlled conditions we do know how to measure audio signals in a way that accounts for the limits of human hearing. In uncontrolled, sighted settings there are a huge number of var... | |
| What are we objectivists missing? I'm totally for people sharing their subjective preferences. I take them seriously and accept that they really do prefer the equipment they say they do under the conditions they are using it. If they don't care about how measurements might correla... | |
| What are we objectivists missing? @artemus_5 It's true, the equipment can go wrong sometimes. When it comes to keeping the plane upright without visual access to the horizon the human will go wrong every time. We just can't do it at all. Even birds can't do it. I'm with you tho... | |
| Is this a scam? The business I used to work for ran in to this sort of thing all the time. Any payment method that is not perfectly normal is almost certainly a scam. Any shipping pickup that they arrange must absolutely have full payment before pickup. | |
| What are we objectivists missing? @artemus_5 SCIENTISM IS NOT SCIENCE. you are full of contradictions. On one hand you distrust the senses. Yet you trust the science and the scientific machinery that was developed and brought forth by man’s human senses So do you trust your s... | |
| Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive? I think there are all kinds of people who buy ultra expensive audio gear. Some of them can easily afford anything. Others expend very significant amounts of their finances on that equipment and make sacrifices in other parts of their lives. I'd gu... | |
| Horn speakers are really bright? It's hard for me to say because I get notably different impressions of the sound as you move the microphone small amounts. The very beginning audience clapping sounds very different, I'll say that. | |
| Soundstage and image height, does it exist? If height information is encoded in a recording I’ve found it doesn’t take much of a system at all for it to be perceived. Pretty much any basic system will make it work. Height perception should even work in mono. I’ve found it also easy to get s... | |
| Horn speakers are really bright? Comparing the sound of your recordings to the direct file of the same music on headphones I get the impression of a lack of vocal presence, too much bass and highs. In my own experience I've found this can sound very nice on some music and especia... | |
| Soundstage and image height, does it exist? My understanding of human sound perception of height is that it occurs mostly in the pinnae, causing the tonal relations and phase relations to change at the eardrum. There are no timing or level differences that can give us height information so ... | |
| Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive? As someone who has made their own speakers and has worked for small companies that make things, I can see the where the cost comes from in a lot of high end products. The materials they work with, the complexity of design, and the level of finish ... |