Recent content by Vive la dissonance!

For the record, I have great respect for Amir, and read every review of his carefully. I've certainly learned a lot, and I have happily taken his advice on a few occasions in my own purchasing. In general, he has well earned the benefit of the doubt, and I do appreciate his responses up thread...

Fact-based evaluation, in accordance with principles verified by use of the scientific method, with an understanding of the established limits of human perception. I just don't see the point, neither in praising nor condemning a device for effects that are not audible, or are extraordinarily...

This is what I'm not quite getting, myself. If I understand correctly what this issue with the filter is, Amir is refusing a recommendation for something that has no actual audible effect in terms of listening to music, at least not for human ears. Am I really supposed to care about this...

Care to summarize? As is, a link to purchase a paper, this is not helpful in answering the question for a layperson.

"The P-80 Network Preamplifier and M-80 Power Amplifier are priced at $1,999 each." Really attractive looking gear in terms of design, for sure.

One of my comments was inside the quote box.

I'm using the XLR outputs to the amp and it is dead silent.

WTF. I have zero connection to Lenbrook or any other tech or audio compant. FFS, these kinds of accusations are truly bullshit and unwarranted.

I wrote positive comments in this thread, and I am not "affiliated" with Lenbrook, nor any other tech or audio products company. I am very well pleased with the Bluesound Node Icon.

So, rather than "no doubt," what you have is speculation. As it happens, my Bluesound Node Icon is working just as I want it to.

"No doubt." You know this how?

The point is, while mysteries remain, using the scientific method is the only method by which we can hope to arrive reliably at the truth in solving them.

Certainly, the Bluesound Node Icon has accomplished what I set out to achieve, which was for lossless streaming (whether CD or high resolution) to be absolutely indistinguishable from reading off a disc. I managed to confuse myself a couple times already as to whether a disc was spinning or the...

Well, that makes me look like a total idiot. I mean, I found those settings, which include the clock. But I'd swear it wasn't there when I first tested it. >Shrug< In any case, the text is so very tiny as to be totally useless unless you're no more than a few feet from the player. As I wrote...

I received my Node Icon this past Friday. Implementation in terms of set up wasn't quite as easy as I thought it would be, but certainly everything was functional for all advertised, first-day features within half an hour. No glitches. From my universal disc player and Roku device, I've set up...