Wouldn’t really disagree tbh, this sort of thing is almost like a cult these days, if not basically outright oneI suspect this will have either no impact on their prospective audience or actually attract them.
Wouldn’t really disagree tbh, this sort of thing is almost like a cult these days, if not basically outright oneI suspect this will have either no impact on their prospective audience or actually attract them.
Really?
Most DIY´ler can do this better:
If one needed an illustration for "snakeoil"...
This is called standardization of the components and knowledge. A kind of platforming of the knowledge to promote the re-use This is the main reason of using a cubox as streamer and a gigafilter as usb cableReally?
Most DIY´ler can do this better:
Perhaps the measurements should be re-done with the 1.750€ USB cable with the black box:
"once in the system, the absence creates an instant hankering of plugging it back..."
"... better timbre ... more controlled bass ... better soundstage ... In a word GIGA-effective"
source: http://www.totaldac.com/USB_gigafilter-eng.htm
If one needed an illustration for "snakeoil"...
then claiming 160 dB S/N rati
I thought I heard differences until I did direct comparisons with only the DAC changing and with carefully matched levels and switching quickly between them on music I was familiar with. Then they all disappeared and I realised I had been deceiving myself for decades.
Nobody's audible memory is good enough to compare with a time delay or without precise level matching, though a surprising number of enthusiasts seem to believe it is.
IME there is an audible difference between microphones, microphone position (when I am recording), loudspeakers and loudspeaker position in the room, room treatment.
There is no difference between competently engineered DACs and preamps and also power amps with a low output impedance as long as they are capable of properly driving the speakers.
Record players sound different in a multitude of ways because they pick up vibration in addition to the record groove amongst other things.
I don't care your measurements, I just don't want to let some of you say that it is a poor DAC design and with fake graphs on Totaldac web site.
Maybe you didn't understand his post, but it was relating to the placebo effect, not to actual differences. What's nice is that Frank didn't need an ABX to dispell the illusion.Again. I did listen to the 3 DAC I mentioned in the same room, same music, same time line, same amp and same loudspeakers. We are in circle here. I am sorry if my perception doesn’t fit with the measurements from audioscience. Even when I know that people have to be prudent when comparing (levels etc). Even when I am respectful to science. Even when I see know the bad measurements of TotalDac and I am also very surprised with the way Vincent Brient is (not) deploying his PoV. I respect the measurements from audioscience, but I am hearing something different. As I also said, I perceive some difference between the 3 DAC, but nothing compared to the difference between loudspeakers or headphones.
Again. I did listen to the 3 DAC I mentioned in the same room, same music, same time line, same amp and same loudspeakers. We are in circle here. I am sorry if my perception doesn’t fit with the measurements from audioscience. Even when I know that people have to be prudent when comparing (levels etc). Even when I am respectful to science. Even when I see know the bad measurements of TotalDac and I am also very surprised with the way Vincent Brient is (not) deploying his PoV. I respect the measurements from audioscience, but I am hearing something different. As I also said, I perceive some difference between the 3 DAC, but nothing compared to the difference between loudspeakers or headphones.
Again. I did listen to the 3 DAC I mentioned in the same room, same music, same time line, same amp and same loudspeakers. We are in circle here. I am sorry if my perception doesn’t fit with the measurements from audioscience. Even when I know that people have to be prudent when comparing (levels etc). Even when I am respectful to science. Even when I see know the bad measurements of TotalDac and I am also very surprised with the way Vincent Brient is (not) deploying his PoV. I respect the measurements from audioscience, but I am hearing something different. As I also said, I perceive some difference between the 3 DAC, but nothing compared to the difference between loudspeakers or headphones.
Who claimed that? Can you quote me saying that?
You mix up SNR which is a summation number, and the noise horizontal line level on a FFT.
English is not everyone's first language, but I agree that many of the TotalDac posts appear to be attempts at obfuscation.