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Went Dirac with my X4800H and never looked back (also got Dirac in the Black Friday deal). Though do keep in mind that I was used to Dirac from my previous setup (PC, Dirac Live Processor). IMHO it sounds even better on the 4800H. Whether that is because it was measured and compiled with a 3...

Sure and rightly so, because it indicates crappy design. It doesn't take much more effort to manage at least -90dB. My old Yamaha AVR had something around -80dB and the only problem I've ever ran into was an audible noise floor when trying to pump up very small signals like from the Garritan...

Because Social media thrives on senseless drama. More drama -> more clicks -> better algorithm placement -> more ad revenue. :'D Didn't watch the video but I agree with the apparent general consensus here: Apart from weeding out the obvious duds (which is a very valuable service this site...

Given the pricing of higher-end stuff. I don't think that is possible in this hobby. I spent like 3.5K (1.7K AVR incl Dirac, 1.3K Sub, 500 (lol) my two Arias, the rears are hand-me-downs from a friend) on my entire setup (not counting the headphone setup) and I know plenty of people that do...

I think this is mainly relevant for apartment dwellers like me. Our main limitation is the inability to play loud. That alone renders expensive speakers fairly pointless because you mostly pay for higher SPL handling at lower distortions aimed at large rooms rich people have in their houses...

Ay Caramba, artificial light strong enough to cause sunburns? o_O Yikes! What were you guys trying to do below deck? Roast the fish or sth?

As someone who switched from a "complicated" solution for room correction (DAW + Virtual cable for system wide correction but still PC only, no dice for other sources) to an 4800H, I couldn't be happier. While I can enjoy the fiddling and engineering behind it, in every day use I prefer...

After experiencing a custom loop, I will never return to noisy systems with humungous air cooling klutzes. System pegged at 100% and still inaudible. That's how I like them. :'D Totally agreed on the overclocking though. Back in the day, you could basically clock your CPU a tier higher, save...

Totally understandable, especially if you are a night owl like me. I had a phase like that after uni before getting a job as well. Indeed it takes a lot of self discipline to get up semi-early every day when you constantly ask yourself "why? nothing much happening today anyway". Add to that...

Northern Germany, so umm more of a "grey area" as well but my room has one side mostly windows, south (I think) so I have the sun blaring into it most of the day. Still, with curtains closed, I don't think an OLED would struggle in my particular situation. With open curtains, I do notice my LED...

Jesus, my poor retinas. That red yo ... reds always hit hardest with my Sony. :'D Barring the usual LCD viewing angles, I cannot see any defects. Pretty impressive, considering the ~25K h runtime of my TV and the fact that LEDs will develop issues over time as well, as demonstrated by RTINGS...

As a Trekkie, Stargate Fan, and casual Star Wars watcher, star fields are more often on my screen as one might think. :'D Still, I would not let that deter me from going mini-LED, if my current screen were to go belly-up. In most domestic situations, QD-OLED brightness should now be sufficient...

I'm pretty sure micro-LED still struggles with rendering e.g.: a field of stars, where the individual stars pop far more on a QD-OLED. Although the gap closes evermore the further tech advances. OLEDs get ever brighter and dark scene performance of Mini-LEDs always improves. Nothing beats the...

Hehe, I find it interesting that you state that several devices do not have a ground connection. I was under the impression that ALL devices plugged into a wall outlet have a ground connection in order to work. The 3rd contact (PE) is just a backup to bring all touchable parts to ground level.

Ah, I see. Thank you for explaining. Yep, that was what I was thinking about but you are correct: the noise rejection only works if both signal wires are affected equally (what would be the case if e.g.: a stage light near the cable were to interfere).

Okay, I shamelessly admit that you lost me there. :'D What do you mean by "downstream analogue connections"? Doesn't an AVR work the same as e.g.: my ADI-2 DAC? Digital Input -> DSP -> DAC -> AMP -> Analog out Interesting stuff about XLR, I always assumed it was deliberately designed as a...

I really wonder what's the actual cause here. Can't be the PC designs themselves, otherwise the issue would be far more widespread to the point that PC design would have to be re-thought. Also, the moment you want Multichannel out of a PC, Toslink is out. Unless you fancy using DDLive or some such.

Possible. I had a PC once back in 2003 (Jesus, that was more than 20 years ago :X) with an onboard sound card and you could clearly hear when the CD ROM spun up, the HDD started seeking or the GPU got taxed. In the headphones, as a kinda grizzly stactic mind you. Using a bog-standard internal...

Wouldn't that only work if the devices are on completely different circuits in the house, otherwise they would share a ground connection at the power outlet, no? I certainly never measured anything problematic from my PC.

If a cable alters the frequencies of audio, a.k.a. "lies" .... what does that make a PEQ? :X