Tyll proved to be that one indispensible man, didn't he?
His articles at least appears to be there on stereophile. But the comments section has been completely sanitized to nothing. Hmmmn, I wonder why?
I saved a copy of the PDFs when Tyll left.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qh7gk0omxog779g/innerfidelity-allgraphs.pdf?dl=0
Hope they're all there.
I updated Tyll's pdf collection with all the missing files I could still find (still lacks a few files alas) and made the list alphabetical so one can search a bit easier and quicker.
Also have all individual pdf's if needed.
Also some links to certain pdf's (like the HE4XX for instance) don't direct to the plots but to audiostream website.
I had the HE4XX pdf saved from a while ago, just uploaded it here if you want to add it to the pdf collection.
That's great... thanks !!!
Will put it in there as well.
Only missing 2 files or so.
What's still missing?
Apparently, that's not how it went down but rather the powers above Rafe decided measurements weren't important.Rafe came in and was like, "I'm taking everything that you loved about IF and tossing it in the trash because that's how I roll. Deal with it." I'm not sure how he thought it would work out.
the powers above Rafe decided measurements weren't important.
I'm not sure about this. I think traditionally yes, but I kind of see that changing. I think there's a difference between being interested in audio measurements and knowing that the audio products you buy measure well. And I also see it changing a lot with the advent of what Crin's been doing with his database and the popularity of outlets like Rtings. Maybe I'm just being optimistic though.I guess measurements aren't important to at least 95% of people that buy audio stuff,
I'm pretty sure that solderdude is right. The decision of Innerfidelity/Stereophile of removing measurements from their audio gear reviews proves this. Initially they were even removing Tyll's measurement graphs too, but now they got everything back here: https://www.stereophile.com/content/innerfidelity-headphone-measurements.I'm not sure about this.
Well, sure, but I'd argue that failed so horrendously for them that it killed the site. Of course, that's also probably because of the established audience, but I see a general trend towards valuing audio measurements more and more. If you look at traffic trends, sites like the ones I mentioned are steadily growing, while merely subjective-based communities or publications are on the decline. You can also see some of this showing up in a lot of popular IEMs these days, where they're even putting FR graphs onto boxes as part of their marketing material. Maybe there's like, a larger less vocal majority that prefers 'just tell me if it sounds good', but I think it would be a mistake to assume that conclusions drawn from measurements aren't valued by those audiences as well, even if they don't care enough to understand them.The decision of Innerfidelity/Stereophile of removing measurements from their audio gear reviews proves this.
AVTech Media Ltd wants to make money. I would gather that there are many advertisers that didn't find measurements very helpful. And fulfilling the needs of the suits at AVTech Media Ltd is, after all is said and done, the bottom line. Which means the needs of the advertisers come first in such an organization. The rest is ephemera.I just don't understand how anyone thought that the innerfidelity audience would slide right on over to purely subjective reviews.