Do you think something can sound better?"Measures better than the Ygdrassil". Having heard the Gugnir MB and many onboard sound devices. I think that's all I need to know about using measurements as a predictor for listening.
What if the computer was more powerful?I came to the conclusion on my iMac Pro that I needed an external headphone amp, but not an external DAC, to have satisfying headphone listening with my Sennheiser HD580 headphones (pretty much the same as the HD600).
That's the primary thing I'm addressing with the O2 Headphone Amplifier -- and probably the output impedance being high on the computer.What if the computer was more powerful?
Sound better than an onboard sound card? Why yes. I have banged two rocks together at one point in my life that I thought sounded better.Do you think something can sound better?
There - fixed it for you...I think that's all I need to know about using measurements as apredictor for listeningfutile attempt to disprove my biases with demonstrations of reality.
Sound better than an onboard sound card? Why yes. I have banged two rocks together at one point in my life that I thought sounded better.
I was curious about your image. I learned something new about tilting at windmills! Very nice!View attachment 14849
There - fixed it for you...
...but actually, I'm just being silly, because in reality, your comment is a non sequitur. Amir never claimed that the very tiny lower amount of the SINAD of his laptop output compared to the Schiit indicated that the laptop sounded better at high volumes - which is, if my logic is correct, the only time that SINAD in quiet passages might be detected.
Much enjoyed the read. Thanks."
The phrase comes from an episode in the Cervantes novel wherein protagonist Don Quixote fights windmills that he imagines are giants. A relevant portion of the novel states:
Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them that he said to his squire, "Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich for this is a righteous war and the removal of so foul a brood from off the face of the earth is a service God will bless.""
"What giants?" asked Sancho Panza.
"Those you see over there," replied his master, "with their long arms. Some of them have arms well nigh two leagues in length."
"Take care, sir," cried Sancho. "Those over there are not giants but windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they are whirled around by the wind, turn the millstone."
— Part 1, Chapter VIII. Of the valourous Don Quixote's success in the dreadful and never before imagined Adventure of the Windmills, with other events worthy of happy record.
Science is evil boooo.
I play a whole bunch of instruments at widely varying degrees of skill. My main interest in audio tends to be the reproduction of acoustic instruments in a stereo field.I always wonder about subjectivists, especially when they may have never heard, or can recall the true sound of most instruments and their timbre. However, from a subjectivist approach, I suppose if it "sounds" good, it is good. Perhaps some folks actually prefer to avoid the true sound of instruments.
Of course, when you press them with such a query, that is when the "I'll have you know that I played a fortepiano for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra" lies start pouring in from them.
As I know most onboard dac chips are Realtek's. Does anybody know other companys?
$ lspci | fgrep -i audio
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
I play a whole bunch of instruments at widely varying degrees of skill. My main interest in audio tends to be the reproduction of acoustic instruments in a stereo field.
I had a Dell Inspiron which had an "Creative Audigy 2" enhancement thingy. Something tells me it was a realtek chip though.Don't forget integrated Intel chipsets. My Lenovo X1 Carbon from a couple of years ago:
Code:$ lspci | fgrep -i audio 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)