Recent content by JiiPee

I'm not Richard Austen, but I assume that the first two businesses are electronics components (like resistors, capacitors etc...) and valve based audio electronics (like amplifiers, DACs etc...).

Could someone provide a link to a properly executed and documented DBT that shows results where people could reliably detect differences between cables. They are quite often mentioned by subjectivists, but despite my efforts, I have never found one. I know this has been discussed before, but is...

I absolutely agree with with You when it comes to letting everyone purchase whatever it is that rocks their boat. However, imho, the essence in subjectivism vs. objectivism disagreement lies elsewhere. The goal for objectivist audiophile is quite unequivocal and the level of how well that goal...

Just like in Scientology, Audio Note has created a theoretical system of levels that is claimed to be based on increased level in sophistication. The sales message is clear: Pay us more and You gain higher level of sophistication, and consequently, higher esteem in Your peer group. If You want...

I'd say that with today's technology, smart money goes to op-amp based preamplification plus class-D power amplification.

I'm not familiar with the said Arcam and Teac units, but if everything else - speakers, speaker placement, room acoustics, listening position - remained absolutely same, there should be no significant change in "soundstage", or "imaging", unless we understand the meaning of those words...

I think that would be futile, because subjectivist audiophiles do not care what science, or measurements, say about the audibility of cables. They firmly believe that they hear the differences no matter what, and as far as I can see, the only way to possibly make them change their minds is to...

If I understood correctly, JA did not claim that his "six points" do absolutely mean that cables create audible differences, just that there might be a case where they do that, and that the differences, even if they existed, would be very small. I think the best way to proof /refute the...

Sure, but Volvo Group - a Swedish corporation listed in Stockholm stock exchange and gathering industrial market, as You mentioned, and Volvo Cars - also listed in Stockholm stock exchange, but stock majority owned by Geely from China, are two separate companies. They parted ways in 1990s when...

Your characterization of Volvo is somewhat misleading. While it is owned by the Chinese nowadays, the cars are still designed and developed in Sweden, and most of them are still manufactured in Sweden. Volvo's Chinese manufacturing plants build the (Swedish designed and developed) Volvos sold in...

Reminds me of these: Hopia Audio 15 presented at Helsinki HiFi Expo 2023.

Apparently Audio Note has borrowed their business model from Scientology. Victims of the scam are constantly encouraged to pay more to achieve the next level.

My prediction is that analogue electronics has already reached its peak when it comes to audible performance of HiFi equipment. Ditto for A/D and D/A converters. There may be room for improvements in price/performance relationship, user friendliness etc..., but any performance improvements...

There is no such thing as "digital sound". What humans perceive as sound is an acoustic analog wave.

I'm not a native English speaker, so some finer points of language may escape me, but I don't think exaggerated expressions of disgust are the same thing as expressing indifference. Also, I think there is a difference in calling a certain behavior juvenile and calling a person juvenile.