solderdude
Grand Contributor
How do you think, if I suggest mass testing of modern portable audio devices with df-metric for the purpose of creating alternative view of the situation on this market, will this be interesting for ASR community?
I have no idea how many folks will like to participate in such endeavors but there will be some that would like to experiment with the idea and/or software out of curiosity.
Most of them will already have commented in your threads.
Concentrating on portable stuff like DAPs, phones, tablets is mostly outside of ASR scope so that may be of interest to some people.
The limitations of said devices may influence the metrics in a non realistic way.
Also a device may test well yet have way too little output or have quite different output under certain load conditions.
So even with great metrics it might be under performing on some headphones that need a bit more than the DUT can provide.
Maybe include power ratings under various loads as well for instance.
There are certainly people willing to help here but you may need to come off from the high horse and take comments (especially by specialistst, which I am not) at heart.
I, as well as other technical folks, are quite happy with the current set of measurements and can make educated guesses on its performance based on those. When you ask 10 of them not all will come up with the exact same answer. This would most likely be based on personal experiences of those individuals.
To get a little merit for your efforts you will have to measure some of the devices that have been measured here and come up with metrics they can relate to in order to get them on your bus.
I am sure there is a market for metrics that are easy to understand and are confirmed by others to be really good.
Those that don't understand a set of measurements (fully) will welcome a simple plot showing fidelity.
To get it accepted by the more technical oriented folks at ASR you will need to make a few steps yet.
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