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Yes. And when his assertion was tested by others (most notably NHK), it failed. That's how science works.
Or if you want to understand reality, do controlled listening tests.
If make-believe is good enough for you, great.
If make-believe is good enough for you, great.
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Tying to go further is great
The problem here is that others have tried to replicate the results Oohashi got and have not been able to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic_effect
Tying to go further is great
The problem here is that others have tried to replicate the results Oohashi got and have not been able to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic_effect
I'm sure that Stan Pons is working on it.
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Yes but research should go further cause that could explain tube enjoyment.Tying to go further is great
The problem here is that others have tried to replicate the results Oohashi got and have not been able to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic_effect
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There is research out there that at least suggests that some subjects have a preference for a certain degree of audible distortion. There is no research suggesting that this need have anything to do with tubes though.
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To my intuition i m sure something miss in the tests.
Although i know they are very important and revealing.
That is not scientific but the best scientist have made great discovers by Intuition .
I have to say that i m bluespower i was banned. I m not here to be bad or polemic but i find some people here are tough and scinic when talking about tube and r2r and i find important that people reading these forums have other point of views. To me buffer tube is the best upgrade on my system.
Yes that s me
I can only speak from personal experience, but I have a tube amp and several tube headphone amps. I enjoy them a lot, and I tube roll.
They make me feel good and sometimes help me enjoy the music more.
Why do I enjoy them?
- I am old, and the tubes remind me of the old table radios my family had when I was growing up - nostalgic warm fuzzies
- I like the glow....turn down the lights and just listen, helps me focus on the sound and releases endorphins.
- I like tweeking stuff....there was a lot to tweek with turntables....not so much with current digital gear. Tubes give me an inexpensive way to try tubes from all over the world and from different generations and tweek.
- The stuff just looks great...even some of the cheaper Chinese stuff looks really cool.
BUT, I do not feel bad about having prejudices and preferences, any more than I feel bad about liking vanilla over chocolate. There are many active members here who own very expensive DACs. There is little to no evidence these DACs sound better. But if you enjoy them, that's great.
I too think there’s stuff that’s missing but I don’t know what it is.Thanks
To my intuition i m sure something miss in the tests.
Although i know they are very important and revealing.
That is not scientific but the best scientist have made great discovers by Intuition .
I have to say that i m bluespower i was banned. I m not here to be bad or polemic but i find some people here are tough and scinic when talking about tube and r2r and i find important that people reading these forums have other point of views. To me buffer tube is the best upgrade on my system.
Ak4490 dac board alimented by 12 v linear psu to passive pre with pot to tube buffer fx audio with pot (alimented by 12v linea psu) to tpa3255 amp board (with high power meanwell 32v switching psu)
Well it's lot of cheap boards but i enjoy
Same chain without the tube buffer is less enjoyable. But when connected to my cd player i preffer without the buffer cause i think the cd player already has a opa buffer. Inprefer dac + tube buffer than dac without buffer and than cd player without buffer.
I listen to my system and without change, sometimes I don't like it as much as other times. So yes, it is psychological or more precisely, the fact that you have a brain that interprets what you hear and that interpretation is based on more than sound waves hitting your ears.
The science can help you avoid the extra work you are going through with swapping op-amps. And to save others from the work, expense and confusion about real audio science.
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