solderdude
Grand Contributor
its really just a question about definition
Its actually all about really wanting to know something or not really caring and what one wants to change in order to get a better (or different) sound.
its really just a question about definition
I use this unit (below) for level matched A-B tests. Even for DAC tests. Sometimes there is a difference, sometimes not. Usually not, but ther are exceptions. Depends on music sample and rest of the audio chain as well.View attachment 40630
Hot solder-splatters flyinging all around scar(e) this dude almost daily.
And are those dual gang potmeters ? ... not stepped goldplated silverlined rhodium contacts with special 0.001% tolerance,
do you really consider it mature to just call someone a child
The road to maturity is a long one, especially for men like me.
To come back to the question about the sonic transparency of DACs and why we still bother. The answer is that many DACs are now sonically completely transparent, as shown both in double blind level matched listening tests and in measurements where their performance is well above documented levels of human hearing acuity. And the good news is that this level of quality is now achieved even by quite cheap gear. That is really good news. The bad news is that this target is not met by all gear. There is still quite mediocre gear on the market (see e.g. the DAC components in many AV receivers), and that is not only horribly cheap Chinese junk. On the contrary, precisely some ultra expensive audiophile stuff does not make the grade, with the Total DAC as the perhaps most awful example that was discussed here. So it still makes sense to do these measurements, even if it is now quite easy and affordable to design and produce a DAC that is sonically perfect. There should no longer be any crap on the market, but there still is.
Thanks !
Now the sheriff can spank me and order me to put pants on my head ... he does say that ... really he does.
I didn'teven use memes this time
But you are right ... I do need to grow up.. my wife keeps telling me the same ... from the kitchen no less.
and its not abuse ... I am being immature (my wife tells me as well b.t.w.)... a bit childish if you will but am not stamping my feet.
When you stop posting I will as well ... till the next troll comes around.
As well as a common manufacturer trick: Design integrated amps with a very sensitive preamp (often reaching max power at 12'), making people believe it is more powerful. In 90% of ymthe case, louder does seem better.Common salesman trick in audio shops is to boost the volume of the amp they want to sell you by 0.5-1dB or so. You don't perceive that as a loudness difference, but rather as the slightly louder one being "clearer, more open, bigger soundstage."