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Dirac will make a significantly bigger difference than the negligible/inaudible differences between the NAD and Cambridge that use the same amp modules.

Did not know the M10 will get that - I am looking forward to it on the M66, test out a sub at the back of the room!!

A big shame neither of the new Arcam's got Dirac Bass Control. I think that was a missed opportunity, as a brand new modern all-in-one device like this with Dirac, they should IMO really have had Bass Control capability, even if a paid for option. Because of that the NAD M10 v3 has the...

Sure, but running that test would’ve at least provided a control to confirm the device was doing something. I think you mentioned earlier that you assumed it would pass such a test - but my point all along has been that it’s better not to assume when dealing with measurements and data. Would it...

I can't believe this is still being brought up. Very simply - I believe using the Modi 2 would have been interesting, and my rationale behind that was because the Modi 2 has shown before, even over USB, to have been suspectable to the source: References, Amir testing other USB devices: 1)...

This is a good price - if - you plan to use the internal amplifier. If not, I still think something like the ICON or a miniDSP SHD with Dirac for example, would be better and cheaper options. There is a humming with ‘some’ amplifiers using XLR. It depends on how the amp is grounded. My M66 with...

It supports CEC, it is in the manual. I have an M66, and the manual says exactly the same - However do note that there are no settings to configure within BluOS related to CEC. So I believe CEC is simply always enabled for the NAD devices. Sure, if you like the speakers, Gold series from MA...

Ah ok, thank you. So the presence of ultrasonics (well, in this case introduced due to the filter) - is what then creates IMD at the speaker. The presence of ultrasonics is not itself IMD. I think I have understood that correctly? Cheers

I suspect this increased phase accuracy in the audible spectrum, is more audible than the apparent side effect of ultrasonic IMD - which is in the out of band spectrum and some -80dB down. In reality it's probably tit for tat and neither are particularly audible, but these are interesting tests...

Indeed I may have inadvertently latched on to jitter as being the metric to focus on here, whereas yes sideband noise is perhaps the correct metric I should have been harping on about - that may have confused a few no doubt and I can only apologies, but not being an engineer I was always trying...

That was the whole reason to suggest the Modi (the old Modi 2 specifically), because it has been used to show even over USB, variances dependant on the incoming USB signal: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/ifi-ipurifier3-usb-filter-review.41389/ It's an anomaly in the...

Well if the Modi test only required a small amount of additional time, it would in my view have been a warranted inclusion as then neither time nor money are a factor. If the test required 100k of additional gear however, then absolutely no it would not be warranted - no singular component would...

Oh those guys, the ones who did those carbon discs! They are stop the world I want to get off levels of crazy! I mean it could be even argued to an extent as to why this product was tested, given the notion of USB transfer being async, it was always a foregone conclusion this product would do...

There's no need to be facetious. And you can stop trying to straw man with the phrase quantum tunnelling! Look jitter has an effect on digital audio, and jitter is something this device purports to solve - but it was not tested as to if it can do what it says because it was assumed up front...

Best straw man ever! Yes and as we're talking digital audio, the Modi test would have told us if it at least did do the job of removing jitter, would it not? Innuos designers are suggesting it can re-generate and remove jitter - hence being a replacement for needing a master clock in their...