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    Fosi Audio ZA3 Amplifier Review

    Just to be clear, is this something which can be affirmed, or just a possibility? I'm not technically literate enough to be certain, but the way I interpreted the situation, it could also simply be that Amir's test procedures could be said to be somewhat incomplete, and fail to detect issues...
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    Erin's Fosi ZA3 Review and Bass Management

    Depends on the mains. If you're using speakers designed to be fullrange speakers, such as https://www.focal.com/us/high-fidelity-speakers/utopia-iii-evo/grande-utopia-em-evo , then you likely want to run them full range and make use their 16 inch woofers. By contrast, if you're using something...
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    Fosi Audio ZA3 Amplifier Review

    Erin's corner has a very good review of the amp. It may explain why some users of digital amps have reported experiencing different results to what you would expect after just seeing one set of measurements/review.
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    Text to Image AI Generation

    Other interesting aspects about AI is what I'd call pollution. - First is humans polluting AI. You would assume that AI being an AI (no feelings, no bias, etc.,) would be impartial, but already, AIs are polluted by humans as humans have decided that AI cannot be allowed to be impartial, so...
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    Text to Image AI Generation

    At one point, AI should understand concepts; faces, bodies, etc., and drawing would be more like drawing a basic body (arm, legs, etc.), then assigning specific shape (thin, muscular, fat, etc.), then a face, etc., but right now, there's really like zero intelligence in drawing images... It's...
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    Text to Image AI Generation

    Bicycle anyone? LOL https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/people-asked-to-draw-bicycles-from-memory-fail-miserably (more human drawn sketches here) "A side shot of a man on a bicycle. The man is wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and has a bicycle helmet, and bicycle shoes. The man is...
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    Text to Image AI Generation

    Not true! Take Stable Diffusion, you can set seed # to a specific number and get the same result every time. You have to use the same parameters/algorithm; can't go from Euler to DPM 2 Karras, or 20 vs 30 steps, denoising 0.7 vs 0.75, etc. otherwise yes images will differ. But you can send...
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    Text to Image AI Generation

    AI can certainly fool people into thinking it's intelligent... But is a calculator intelligent because it can do math? What about a really complex calculator that can do really really complicated math problems? What most people mean by intelligence, is more akin to this definition: "The...
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    Parts Express Orian Speaker Review

    For the value proposition, referenced here, "Under $600 [...] If you tried to buy something like this, MSRP, like retail, these would be like $3000 [...] Crazy good value.". So I don't know how in actuality the Kalis would be comparable... Actually, both were reviewed by James Larson, and the...
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    Parts Express Orian Speaker Review

    For DIY, the equation will also likely vary depending on size. For bookshelves the, B&M solutions might be more cost efficient, but when you get to large speakers, I'm certain that the DIY options become much more competitive, and will likely outperform similarly priced alternatives... For...
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    Any Korean/Asian movies/series fans?

    Finished watching The Glory as well as Vincenzo! (random picks, thanks for the long backlist now! :D) Both were really enjoyable! The Glory first episode was pretty hard to watch, but the rest were far more easier, thank god... Turned out to be really good in the end! Vincenzo, a sort of...
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    Text to Image AI Generation

    I'm sure SD, Dall-E, etc., will all get better over time, and then we'll get better prompt understanding. Tech is there apparently, all that would be missing is a merging of the two tech. Maybe ChatGPT AI could gain understanding of the Prompt & network of the text2img 'AI', and use its own...
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    Text to Image AI Generation

    Ok scratch my previous response... ChatGPT does a lot better: So yeah, a bit like my previous comment inferred, if you ask a question within the bounds of the training/dataset, it can answer; and it appears like it understand certain concepts. But, unknown contexts, such as; evolution of...
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    Text to Image AI Generation

    Yeah, latest ChatGPT and others can somewhat recognize words & sentences and can spout out responses, but there's no real comprehension to speak of, in terms of 'human' comprehension. Simple analogy, I think current chatbots or text2img AIs are more like dictionaries, where you give an input...
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    Amp comparison by in room measurements. Advice? Conclusion?

    What happens with 3 Ohms or maybe even less less? (blocked ports) Could it have an effect? I do have a multimeter somewhere, so level match speakers at 1k, or measure watts with 1k tone, then do the same for 30, 40, 50, etc.? Yeah, that sounds like less trouble. :) I'll definitely try that...
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    Amp comparison by in room measurements. Advice? Conclusion?

    Which site is that image from? The Yeti has 4 modes, the image is for Omnidirectional, but "I was using cardiod which has apparently quite a bit bass roll-off starting at 200Hz as well as >4Khz... (bottom right)". If your site has a calibration file for Yeti that would be awesome! Or is not...
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    Amp comparison by in room measurements. Advice? Conclusion?

    As mentioned, as I'm not aiming for an absolute measurement, using the same mic to compare two different amps should be fine. Relative differences. If one amp measures the same 3 times in a row, and you switch amp, and it shows a +2dB in bass ................ That's a valid measurement. Not...
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    Master Thread: Are measurements Everything or Nothing?

    Measurements are hard though! Tedious... My first attempt at capturing the difference: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/amp-comparison-by-in-room-measurements-advice-conclusion.49945/#post-1790164 I'll definitely make a second attempt, though it'll probably be in a...
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    Amp comparison by in room measurements. Advice? Conclusion?

    Yeah, for recording it's pretty decent, was using cardiod which has apparently quite a bit bass roll-off starting at 200Hz as well as >4Khz... (bottom right) Yeah for the first two I was at the same spot, sitting 2.5m on the side of the mic. But the last 2 I moved further away, ~5 meters...
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    Amp comparison by in room measurements. Advice? Conclusion?

    Thanks! Images should be fixed. (stop looking at me like that!!! ;) ) And yes, aware for the yeti; not using it for any sort of absolute measurements, I'm just trying to demonstrate that there is a bass response difference between two amps. As you can now see, the FR graphs are very jagged...
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