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“Intrinsic slam” sounds like a decent band name.

This should be easy to demonstrate yet is never done. And even if it had any difference to an amp it still wouldn't improve the much...

Welcome to ASR. Have you had a look around to get a sense of the audience? Here’s a summary I made. Post in thread 'Message to...

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. :).