That depends on what the SINAD number is. For the X18, I would seriously doubt it.would a 3db degradation of SINAD make a difference to human ears?
That depends on what the SINAD number is. For the X18, I would seriously doubt it.would a 3db degradation of SINAD make a difference to human ears?
As you already guessed, certainly not I'm also sure !would a 3db degradation of SINAD make a difference to human ears?
It depends what the SINAD level is to begin with. According to Amir on products like the X18 no it wouldnt. Which makes it all the more pointless and highlights the damage focusing so much on SINAD can do.would a 3db degradation of SINAD make a difference to human ears?
It depends what the SINAD level is to begin with. According to Amir on products like the X18 no it wouldnt. Which makes it all the more pointless and highlights the damage focusing so much on SINAD can do.
The real Problem is that especially manufacturers like topping , Gustard, smsl will keep trying to get the highest number. And the reviewers will focus and advertise these numbers in their YouTube channels,blogs and forums.
Let's look at headphone amps like the SMSL SP400. 12 watts into 16 ohm.. 6 watts into 32 ohm..yet there are so many reviews that claim it doesn't get anywhere near that.
There is no problem whatsoever with increasing SINAD.But the race for the best SINAD ever could be the real problem...
Nobody is dismissing all measurements. Please do not derail this issue. He's right - focusing on the world's best SINAD at 1kHz is ridiculous and is ignoring other issues.There is no problem whatsoever with increasing SINAD.
The problem is with people not understanding what it means and misinterpreting and misrepresenting it and not looking at and/or understanding the rest of the measurements.
I'm not an expert at all. But at least I try to understand more and more about what I see and read in objective reviews.
Dismissing all the measurements because you don't understand what 1 number means or because you disagree with that 1 measurement is absolutely the wrong way to go.
Because you focus on 1 does not mean you ignore other parameters.Nobody is dismissing all measurements. Please do not derail this issue. He's right - focusing on the world's best SINAD at 1kHz is ridiculous and is ignoring other issues.
The point is Amir is ignoring some things. He has not spotted the clipping on the Gustard X18Because you focus on 1 does not mean you ignore other parameters.
Nobody is perfect. Amir his work is not some kind of holy gospel. But it sure is a very valuable source of information about objective performance of audio related products.The point is Amir is ignoring some things. He has not spotted the clipping on the Gustard X18
The irony here is that recently Amir made a snide remark about GoldenSound not understanding his analyser properly. And here we have Amir missing something fairly basic.Nobody is perfect. Amir his work is not some kind of holy gospel. But it sure is a very valuable source of information about objective performance of audio related products.
Instead of criticizing him for not spotting an issue you could just as well have asked him why it doesn't show up in the measurements. And maybe, if you are knowledgeable enough, suggest some way of protocol to catch it in future reviews.
Then they both make mistakes. As all humans do. But goldenears are bigger. Claiming to understand the measurements but then going on to say that he hears differences in where there are none ... well... You can't tell that measurements are very important and then tell they don't mean a thing in the same story. That makes no sense.The irony here is that recently Amir made a snide remark about GoldenSound not understanding his analyser properly. And here we have Amir missing something fairly basic.
Oversampling in audio applications is a process to get a more 'curvy' waveform by generating intersamples. In the experiment from this video, a signal near 0dBFS was fed and the oversampler ‘guessed’ there was a peak over 0dBFS between two sample points. In music, the peak is a louder signal than the real "recorded information 'I saw that but I couldn't fully understand, I think it's related if the files are in super bad quality there is no room for oversampling, and that causes a problem? well if someone understand that properly please let us know
Thanks!
And here we are, back at the old asr standard "there are no audible differences" debate. Yawn. please do not respond to my posts any longer.Then they both make mistakes. As all humans do. But goldenears are bigger. Claiming to understand the measurements but then going on to say that he hears differences in where there are none ... well... You can't tell that measurements are very important and then tell they don't mean a thing in the same story. That makes no sense.
I'll put you in my ignore list.And here we are, back at the old asr standard "there are no audible differences" debate. Yawn. please do not respond to my posts any longer.
Which PCM filter do you recommend for the x18? I read the X16 L-fast filter is actually a minimum phase variant, is this true for the x18 as well? Thank you, the X18 is a work of art.Oversampling in audio applications is a process to get a more 'curvy' waveform by generating intersamples. In the experiment from this video, a signal near 0dBFS was fed and the oversampler ‘guessed’ there was a peak over 0dBFS between two sample points. In music, the peak is a louder signal than the real "recorded information '
For further reading here's Benchmark's blog the reviewer referenced,Oversampling in audio applications is a process to get a more 'curvy' waveform by generating intersamples. In the experiment from this video, a signal near 0dBFS was fed and the oversampler ‘guessed’ there was a peak over 0dBFS between two sample points. In music, the peak is a louder signal than the real "recorded information '
So why wasn't the X18 designed with this in mind?Oversampling in audio applications is a process to get a more 'curvy' waveform by generating intersamples. In the experiment from this video, a signal near 0dBFS was fed and the oversampler ‘guessed’ there was a peak over 0dBFS between two sample points. In music, the peak is a louder signal than the real "recorded information '
All it would take is a firmware update reducing their peak V output slightly. That would also lower their SINAD and their rank in bar charts like ours.So why wasn't the X18 designed with this in mind?
The same happens to me.They never replied further.