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I think the pronounced difference is a) due to the loudness level not being matched between the two sources or b) there is no pronounced...

Why not? They need to pay for around twice the storage space and bandwidth. And for what use? So people that think they have better...

As many of you I am sure have followed, both Erin and I were hit with legal threats from a company post our reviews. Given the...

Fixed it for you.

Well...given your previous aversion to accepting subjective descriptions I don't expect this will land but... In Erin's subjective...

Respectfully, this is just not accurate. Can someone identify every flaw in a speaker from just listening to it? Probably few. But can...

There is no evidence to support your accusations. AFAIK, there aren't posted measurements available for many of the products he reviews...

The measurements may not change, but seeing them before listening may bias the listening

I'm quitting my engineering job, buying a farm, and breeding audiophile sheep. P.S. would mixing in some rabbit wool make the sound...

As written in the Stereophile review from where this graph is shown it is an artefact of the way the bass region measurements are...

Yes - many (most?) have a pure/direct mode - but that bypasses all the processing functions including things like crossovers. Some...

it is what it is, a cheap integrated amp/FM receiver. And for that price it's more than decent. You can't compare this with the cheap...

I love the comments about how this is bad because a WiiM Amp or an Aiyima or a Topping are so much better; when they don't have tuners...

You gotta love Yamaha, (almost) everything they do they do it well. This amp costs peanuts, looks nice, works well and probably will...