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virtua reacted to restorer-john's post in the thread GoldenSounds passes apparently ABX test for DACs (NOT Really) with
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It's been patently obvious to me that any ABX 'test' even performed in a one-take video can be gamed. step one: identify the... -
virtua reacted to Jeromeof's post in the thread GoldenSounds passes apparently ABX test for DACs (NOT Really) with Like.
Maybe he is really a young "Hans Beekhuyzen" where you see some good measurement gear in the background at the start of a review but by...
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Well, vinyl "renaissance" started like 15 years ago. At this point it would be more accurate to talk about vinyl brief disappearance.
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virtua reacted to Purité Audio's post in the thread GoldenSounds passes apparently ABX test for DACs (NOT Really) with Like.
He is not going to make any money if he starts concluding that all properly engineered dacs sound the same. Keith
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virtua reacted to Keith_W's post in the thread ‘Aphex exciter’ effect: the hidden “holy grail” of audiophilism? with Like.
All Exciters work by adding harmonic distortion to the signal. If you have the capability, you could look for a VST plugin that provides...
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virtua reacted to amirm's post in the thread GoldenSounds passes apparently ABX test for DACs (NOT Really) with Like.
The test is that of two resample files. It has nothing to do with dacs sounding different.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good
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virtua reacted to Vincent Kars's post in the thread Cheap soundcard,dac that supports 24 bit 192khz and MQA with Like.
Your best bet is to set the sample rate to what is common for audio = 44.1 kHz. Bit depth is the arithmetic precision of the data path...
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Could have been even simpler than that.
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I will say that any company that threatens to sue over a review in the land of freedom of speech does not deserve my business. I...
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I think a lot of people get far to emotionally invested in the ownership of, or potential future ownership of random products. Specially...
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Nope.
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virtua reacted to DVDdoug's post in the thread How replicate the sound of a specific audio components with Like.
If you had a very-good DAC and a very-bad DAC, plus a good interface/ADC, you could record the bad DAC (with Audacity or any recording...
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virtua reacted to restorer-john's post in the thread Is there a way I can ACCURATELY measure how loud my music is, to protect my hearing, WITHOUT needing to buy expensive test equipment? with Like.
Ask your neighbours if they can hear your music. If the answer is no, it's not loud enough.
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virtua replied to the thread What are your top 3 IEM ?.I basically only use KZ Castor Standard now after having a dozen or so IEMs. Would like to try the Truthear Nova eventually, but I'm...