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    3-Body Problem

    The book was one of the most poorly-written, overhyped things I've read in a while. Truly terrible prose and characterization, and Chinese speakers on the internets say it's not due to the translation. It felt like reading something by an entity who wasn't quite up on actual human behavior and...
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    Audiopraise VanityPro Review (HDMI Audio Extractor)

    The output of the Amazon Basics box is HDMI (2ch) and S/PDIF (coax and optical, 2ch or lossy 5.1) . THere's also a stereo analog out
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    Is it the movie, my ears, or my setup?

    The OP's setup appears pretty common and basic, and one of my AV setups is simply smart TV + soundbar , also very common and basic. alas JRiver's level of downmix control is neither common nor basic ;)
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    Is it the movie, my ears, or my setup?

    Yes, presuming one has control over that parameter. If an AVR is configured for 2 channel output, center level may not be an available option. Though 'dialog control' or something like it, might be. For soundbars, I guess Center options depend on their driver configuration. And as per ATV's...
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    Is it the movie, my ears, or my setup?

    The OP has a 2.1 system and is (I'm guessing) listening to a downmix of streamed multichannel soundtrack content. There is no center channel in such a setup. I find often that the result is a crapshoot, for streaming content on Prime, Netflix, etc. Too often downmixes sound like blended-in...
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    Serious Question: How can DAC's have a SOUND SIGNATURE if they measure as transparent? Are that many confused?

    We may, but save us some time and tell us what measurably causes this audible difference.
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    Serious Question: How can DAC's have a SOUND SIGNATURE if they measure as transparent? Are that many confused?

    What you said: You also say a subject needs 'sufficient preparation and training'. These provisos do not apply in this case. Our subject here asserts great confidence that he can perform the discrimination task already. We need only apply the routine controls that staticV3 listed (I would...
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    Serious Question: How can DAC's have a SOUND SIGNATURE if they measure as transparent? Are that many confused?

    Nonsense. This isn't basic academic research into first principles, using naive subjects who'll need training. A 50-year-old audiophile already claims he can hear the difference between these DACs, no problem, sighted, even while afflicted with tinnitus for 8 years. You're saying he will now...
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    S.M.S.L. SU-1 Dac listening fatigue, headache.

    Quoting your post: I had the same impression the first time I heard a Bryston amp, but I later came to understand that they were ultra clean and neutral to the point of being 'sterile' or 'clinical' to my ears. This was in response to the equally remarkable leap of logic from the OP: but with...
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    Subwoofer feels underwhelming

    Yet, FWIW, Dolby and DTS 5.1 spec both allow 120Hz bandwith content in their LFE channel. And, whether it's there due to design or the engineer simply not caring, I've observed more than a few examples of *full range* content in the LFE channel when analyzing lossless multichannel music...
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    Subwoofer feels underwhelming

    Did you do anything to optimize subwoofer placement?
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    S.M.S.L. SU-1 Dac listening fatigue, headache.

    Did you really 'understand' that it was due to a Bryston amp being 'ultra clean', or was that just an ad hoc hypothesis? How did you test it?
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    The bestiary of the most common (and debunked by science) audiophile myths

    You're quite the charmer yourself! But you're right, it's pointless to lead a horse to water sometimes... Your cheerleading for crosstalk cancellation is becoming a thing of wonder in itself. This is silly (one might say inexcusably so). The reason vinyl sales surpassed CD is...
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    A millennial's rant on classical music

    Duke Ellington cited a "simple and axiomatic statement that is so important to all of us": When it sounds good, it is good.
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    Is Toole and Olive's Spinorama model incomplete and limited?

    ...and around and around we go....everything old is new again https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/is-toole-and-olives-spinorama-model-incomplete-and-limited.36934/post-1306802
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    Foobar DSD Problem with Interference Noises

    shouldn't make a difference, but try WASAPI instead of ASIO.
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    A millennial's rant on classical music

    What's kind of awful is saying 'nobody understands' something when there are clearly people who do. Not that 'understanding' is required at all levels of music appreciation. You can simply *like* music without 'understanding' it.
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