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Get well soon, Amir!I am not feeling well you all.... So please take it easy as far asking for other stuff for me to do....
Get well soon, Amir!I am not feeling well you all.... So please take it easy as far asking for other stuff for me to do....
Also I think tube amps should get their own ranking graph since their purpose IS intended distortion
Why are products like this one made? Seems like such a massive waste of materials, time, logistics and effort. I don't understand it.
Will be interesting to compile a list of superlative comments from subjective reviewers of this one .
Visually yes. The fact that you can see all those components says enough. But well-executed...? One could probably make a pretty good measuring DAC with the components you mentioned. The trick is: it requires actual knowledge and engineering, clearly, none of these were present when cobbling together this monstrosity.This device is completely built to these 'demands' and seems well executed.
What about when a decent testing tube amp comes along? Then there would be nothing to compare it against. I'm not convinced all tube amps are effects boxes and distortion generators. I like the tube tests and am awaiting the day we get to see something new and good.agreed. It doesn't make sense to judge them for transparency, when they are not made for providing it.
they are by definition effects.
not sure how you would rank them tecnicly though. At the end it probably doesn't even make sense to meassure them
I am going for a covid test today @ 3:30pm because I felt horrible all day with covid like symptoms yesterday but now I feel fine/great for some reason. Be careful @amirm just in case you have the dreaded covid.I am not feeling well you all.... So please take it easy as far asking for other stuff for me to do....
Will be interesting to compile a list of superlative comments from subjective reviewers of this one .
Visually yes. The fact that you can see all those components says enough. But well-executed...? One could probably make a pretty good measuring DAC with the components you mentioned. The trick is: it requires actual knowledge and engineering, clearly, none of these were present when cobbling together this monstrosity.
I'd hazard a guess and claim that >= 90% of listeners won't be able to tell a difference vs a SOTA DAC with music, at least when considering distortion alone. Don't believe?
Try @pkane's Distort with similar settings :
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The curvature of the voltage transfer can already be seen and yet it is not at all easy to identify this 1.5% distortion @ 0dBFS, in a blind listening test (ABX).
Same goes for the filterless NOS thing, once you really start to do proper (== single variable) comparisions you'll find that the ultrasonic images are inaudible.
Deep down the rabbit hole audiophools want bad specs and distortion? Or is this smooth sounding?I don't agree. The device is well made with the right parts (desirable ones for audiophools) and has the exact measurements that is needed.
They were not aiming for low distortion and top notch performance.
This was deliberately designed this way and well executed with good knowledge of electronics and how to achieve what they were after.
I would not buy it but the isn't a cobbled together monstrosity but well designed purpose made device for a specific market.
Ehhm, Distort's harmonics are always relative to input full scale, so it fully depicts the corresponding behavior at lower input levels. For example, a -12dBFS sine then lowers THD to about -60dB, more than 20dB better ... and most certainly completely inaudible even with pure sines.And one needs to take into consideration that for smaller amplitudes the distortion is lower (can't do that easily in distort)