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When musicians tune their instruments by ear, is it unreliable?

Actually one can only conduct an AB or ABX test using their ears... ;) JSmith

PEQ is great. Since R2R drove us into some kind of nostalgia, do you want the sound of the '70s? To simulate the Pioneer SA-x06...

My point, to clarify. I agree. Exactly. I agree. Just in general. PEQ yes OK in this "DAC latest realm". And here certainly. But...

Interesting again ... I spot an AKM in there ;-) ... people don't talk about crossfeed enough, nor indeed things like loudness! I don't...

I can buy the RME ADI-2 DAC FS for an identical price where I live. The latter measures as well if not better than the Topping...

I have an excellent DAC at a much lower cost that is dual ES9038Q2M with Amanero USB Card etc. and this chip was released in 2020. Some...

"My speakers sure seem to fluctuate quite a lot between summer and winter. 30+ degrees centigrade in summer, and the bass seems much...

I'm curious about the degree of imperfection. Are these changes or fluctuations going to impact on frequency response over time? My...

This fits more or less the Vinyl Renaissance. The safe, warm feeling of some tangible technology perhaps? Even if R2R and vinyl do not...

I'm of two minds here; I like to see really overengineered pointless DACs like the ones Topping and SMSL make in the high-end, but I...

We are seriously outnumbered compared to these fluff, imagination-only youtubers....

Archimago does extensive tests, and supports them with subjective listening tests that any appreciator of music would appreciate. I...

Some few are honest but what they say is simply not information , they are not even wrong ? due the reasons you say, no controls no...

In effect, there can't be by definition really... as they are just listening to things without controls or any kind of proper...