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I have a spouse, occasional visitors, and upstairs and downstairs neighbors. The volume changes of necessity.

I guess it could be more objectively correct if you happen to know the reference level, but that's not really the point. The point is to...

Not having to change the loudness setting whenever you change the volume is a simplification from my perspective (I use the RME...

I suppose we are not far off from a “large music model”, wherein the speaker is fed a signal prompt and then assembles pleasing music...

It becomes very easy to understand when one accepts the premise that the Stereophiles of the world are not writing articles for their...

Stereophile exists to rationalize high end audio purchases without regard to cost or actual audible differences. Which is ok, but it is...

No, because they know that's a waste of time. Note that "sound" isn't in the list of criteria at the beginning.

It would sound exactly the same as any other SoTA type DAC. So basically transparent overall.

The non-U.S. stuff has only outperformed recently. That Fidelity fund is lagging its index.

Skunk Baxter live.

At transducers, hopefully they can discern signal from no signal. :).

Have you implemented a convolution filter? It would be interesting to see if it solves the problem.

Agree with your argument on blind trials being superior. On the second point it feels like the more subjective leaning are often...

Even though @Blumlein 88 showed us how transparent several ADC-DAC loops can be, this is one of those things I can't quite bring myself...

lol. Was thinking of the Alva Duo.