DanielT
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"cable burn in is a thing"... How?no, im serious
"cable burn in is a thing"... How?no, im serious
well, do you hear difference? i dont think any of you guys with your "all is a joke" mindset would suffer of a placebo.... placebo just happens on "positive" expectationsWell, yeah, a sighted A/B test, what could the response possibly be?
i just wrote it in the last post, thats the only explanation i have which does make remotely make sense, tho i also clearly hear it, specially with chinch/xlr cables and capacitors"cable burn in is a thing"... How?
yea mainly because of capacitors is my guess, i can also confirm that cable burn in is a thing... pretty much all electronics tho the only explanation i can give is the audiophile "molecular structure change" with electrons flowing throw it...
You can have ideas, but then it is important to be able to explain how it works, 1:45 into the video:i just wrote it in the last post, thats the only explanation i have which does make remotely make sense, tho i also clearly hear it, specially with chinch/xlr cables and capacitors
yea mainly because of capacitors is my guess
i can also confirm that cable burn in is a thing...
pretty much all electronics tho the only explanation i can give is the audiophile "molecular structure change" with electrons flowing throw it...
seriously?
you can skip the pluggin part tho...
its alright guys, i give up
I've watched a brand new amplifier circuit board being tested straight off the assembly line. Sure the caps need to 'form' but I think you'll find it's less than a minute from very first power on... Having said that my thirty odd year old pro power amp on which I just checked and tweaked the offset adjustments internally, takes around fifteen minutes for these adjustments to stabilise, after which they don't drift especially. Mind you, said amp has some 'hot spots' on the main board so an excuse could be component warm up and slight value change as they do so. I seem to remember most engineers used to only check these adjustments when the amp has had a good few minutes to idle from a 'cold start.'its alright guys, i give up
The music as the listening are a question of taste.Sharing experiences and/or knowledge and getting ideas and inspiration, I think is the most fun with music and Hifi.Basically every thread on ASR is about that, sharing.
The thread with the most posts on ASR? :
What are we listening to right now..
as it says on the tin, music we are enjoying or planning to listen too today.. i hope we all post our music here, all genres all formats so we can share our passions and learn from each other.audiosciencereview.com
well, do you hear difference?
i dont think any of you guys with your "all is a joke" mindset would suffer of a placebo
Sharing experiences and/or knowledge
If you ask him, he can certainly give some tips on nice songs, in between that he describes how amplifiers work.The music as the listening are a question of taste.
A taste or a preference are not an experience. I can't taste it for you.
you know... having (apparently good) earsConfirm how? How about a verification instead?
foo_abx 2.0.6d reportNo. If you can, would be interesting to extract the audio, cut it up, then do a blind test.
There is actually something substantial to discuss, which I do not think you thought of, but it's a big topic:.. capacitors..
probably, specially with the right brand/model of capacitors, specially after burn in....There is actually something substantial to discuss, which I do not think you thought of, but it's a big topic: Recap when, why and will it sound audibly better after a recap?
Howdy @Ghoostknight Nearly all of those capacitors are not even in the signal path. They are there to shunt unwanted energy that is wayyy out of your hearing range to ground. There are also some that caps that smooth the output from voltage regulators too. Recapping is not a fix it is called shot-gunning in electronics street speak and it's a method of attempting to fix something without diagnosing the issue at hand and hoping a spray and pray effect will fix the gear.probably, specially with the right brand/model of capacitors, specially after burn in....
when: if you feel like it or some caps went bad
We could start a whole new thread on this. The technicalities might be too technical for some peeps to understand but the general idea could be conveyed.There is actually something substantial to discuss, which I do not think you thought of, but it's a big topic:
Recap: When, why and will it sound audibly better after a recap?
i changed all the (elecrolyte) caps on my topping D10 to Nichicon KZ and could hear a slight improvement tho i agree... the added bypass capacitor on the opamps (signal path...) did way more ... like 2-4 times the change of the other caps if i need to put it in wordsHowdy @Ghoostknight Nearly all of those capacitors are not even in the signal path. They are there to shunt unwanted energy that is wayyy out of your hearing range to ground. There are also some that caps that smooth the output from voltage regulators too. Recapping is not a fix it is called shot-gunning in electronics street speak and it's a method of attempting to fix something without diagnosing the issue at hand and hoping a spray and pray effect will fix the gear.
Only the fact that the second position is different from the first can account for any difference. YouTube audio tests are always idiotic.I just found this video about the Jitterbug FMJ and thought i will throw it insince this dude A/B`s it on camera and there is a clear difference, even with my crappy headphones, tho i already hear the argues