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    Is Hi-Res Audio better because filter is outside audible range?

    Here is a test by JA at Stereophile of a Mytek Brooklyn II. JA feeds a high level 19.1 khz tone and looks wideband at the output. Showing the filter response using white noise. If there is imaging it will show up as a tone at 25 khz. Here you see it is around - 50 db at 25 khz...
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    Is Hi-Res Audio better because filter is outside audible range?

    Only on the ADC end. There is no aliasing down upon playback. If it was recorded in the file, you cannot get rid of it. On playback on the DAC end you only have imaging above the nyquist rate. It is possible that if high enough in level that could modulate back down via IMD into the audible...
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    Stereophile and Audio Cables

    Humans can be strange creatures. A good friend in college had a couple model cars on his shelf in his dorm room. Spent a long time putting in just the exact right spot to look how he wanted. I knew this. I for some reason did a mean trick. He went out to the restroom. When he came back I...
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    Spyware In Cars - It's Worse Than You Think

    With that list in most cities you might as well just edit it to three suggestions. 1. Call an Uber or Taxi. 2. Employ a driver for all your travel on the highway. 3. Always travel by something other than private cars and lite trucks.
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    25' unbalanced connection between amp and pre-outs

    You really won't know until you try it. You might run into ground loop or noise pickup issues or not. I knew someone who had setup a very expensive rig with similar lengths once. Had some hum and other noise issues. He was using esoteric cable without shielding. Grabbed some basic RG-59...
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    Should an extra 11db of Dynamic Range in a audio interface be audibly noticeable?

    DDVdoug gave you a good experiment to try. You call also try this file attached in this post. https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/just-how-bad-do-dacs-have-to-be-before-we-can-actually-here-them.52513/post-1896646 Some loud music mixed -56 db down from average level of...
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    Dayton Audio EMM-6 as good as UMIK-1 for someone who already has an audio interface?

    Here is a screen shot where I have opened the mdat file of my Umik 1 and an uncalibrated omni (an Avantone CK1). Switch to the ALL SPL tab. Next I align them for displayed SPL level. Open Controls with the little gear emblem. And then select Align SPL, and you'll get this. Next choose...
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    Dayton iMM-6 vs UMIK-1

    If they have a TRRS jack yes. I've used one on an older Lenovo Thinkpad. Worked just fine.
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    Any measurements for Focusrite Clarett+ interfaces out there?

    Look for Julian Krause on YouTube.
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    Star Trek: Picard

    There have been 11 people born in Antarctica. I don't see any of them represented. :(
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    So called engine fuel additives - are all snake oil (or not)?

    Now you've done it. There are the different schools of what type stop leak is good, and the heretics who will say none of them. Or Model T's using oatmeal. As I was reading this I thought, "he needed a thick copper gasket", and then read on that you got one. :)
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    Stereophile and Audio Cables

    This is pretty much a perfect description of what happened. Seemed to me High End rather than High Fidelity really took off once the CD was out. Soon after that the only thing really meaningful were your speakers and how to place them. For those not alive then, Stereophile and TAS were a...
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    Dune 2 - Score discussion with Zimmer, your reactions to film

    Just watched it tonight in IMAX. Sound was too loud. Maybe 4-5 db I'd say. Bass was pretty astounding. And yes zero height info I noticed. None. There were several scenes that would have benefited from height. It was so loud I think most audio stayed glued near the screen as they had the...
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    So called engine fuel additives - are all snake oil (or not)?

    Come on guys, be rigorous. Everyone knows it is better after you put something, anything in the tank and expect a result. I haven't used additives. I've done the reverse. Back in the 1970's had two different cars with the bad old Quaker State oil in them since new. Various issues. Removed...
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    Stereophile and Audio Cables

    Reminds me of the early TAS staff. HP was not poor. Most of his reviewers had PhD's in something, and were not poor. Most of the others had careers that meant they were fairly wealthy and well educated. I think it delusional to think even wealthy, intelligent, well educated people are...
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    Shogun

    I can see it when I pause. Bokeh with movement does look different, but in some of the worst scenes, I can pause it, subtitles at the bottom are quite sharp, but the background is not. It isn't circular exactly.
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    Stereophile and Audio Cables

    I remember, as I was a subscriber for a long, long time, that JA started his measurements hoping over time it would correlate, illuminate or uncover why some things sounded good or what things prevented something from sounding good. A few different times he said his archive of measurements has...
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    Stereophile and Audio Cables

    Well he did provide the measurements. There is worth in that. He did say he couldn't universally recommend it. Weak sauce I agree. Given that Stereophile philosophy has been ears are the ultimate arbiter of quality and sighted listening is how they do it I can understand why if a reviewer...
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    Master Thread: Are measurements Everything or Nothing?

    If it consists of uncontrolled sighted listening then probably invalid. Or maybe you could explain what your research methodology is.
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