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Review Cambridge Audio EVO 150

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Geworthomd said:
Hey, the OP lead me to a new thought. What if the problem I am experiencing is resolution? What if the Cambridge CXN was able to decode higher (in reality not spec) than the internal dac on the new EVO 150? Is there a way to measure that?
Tomorrow I will plug in a CD player or my NAS and check that!
My brother says his music sounds like he is in the front row. He used an Arender, USB to high res re-timer then a PS-A dac. He uses an older high power McIntosh and Celestions. A light is coming on that this just cd be the culprit??
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Geworthomd said:
Does that make more sense?
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Not likely. When people talk about "high resolution" files, it's actually only a question of ultrasonic information and ridiculously high dynamic range.

The former is not audible, and most tweeters can't reproduce it anyway. The latter is bottlenecked by both the reproduction gear and the source material.
 
Are you saying that beyond 16/44.1 there is mo audible difference to you?

Killingbeans said:
Not likely. When people talk about "high resolution" files, it's actually only a question of ultrasonic information and ridiculously high dynamic range.

The former is not audible, and most tweeters can't reproduce it anyway. The latter is bottlenecked by both the reproduction gear and the source material.
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Geworthomd said:
Are you saying that beyond 16/44.1 there is mo audible difference to you?
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I'm saying that it's very unlikely that any of us can hear a difference if both files are converted correctly from the same master, and the test is done blind.

Our ears can't detect anything worth mentioning above 22kHz, and you'd need to listen to a PA line array inside an anechoic chamber to make use of the extra dynamic range.

Also, the recordings, we listen to, makes both a moot point. Absolutely no information of importance at 22kHz and beyond, and none of them make full use of 16 bits of dynamic range. Most of them not even remotely so.

The only scenario I can think of, where so called "hi-res" files are useful, is when you need lots of headroom for heavy DSP. Hardly ever the case, unless you work in a studio.
 
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By a Benchmark AHB2 and rest assured your amp isn't the problem. Or any well designed Purifi based amp.
 
GiBo61 said:
Maybe what you are telling is true, however this looks more like a very subjective review from an "audiophile" rather than a test supported by a rigorous approach. Have you performed all the testd at the same SPL from the two devices? Was it a blind test carried out multiple times with the help of an external operator? I also llike toroidal transformers, however on ASR you can find plenty of amplifiers with nice toroidal transformers that perform really bad (Naim, Hegel just to name two brands) and a number of Class AB or Class D devices with different type of power supplies with much better results.
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lmao
 
Bench tests via Gene at AH if interested of the Delorean edition. Good, but not great (?) measurements:

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Deleted member 48437 said:
Lastly, for tonight. This is the misunderstanding. Sound is not in the electromagnetic spectrum. The electrical signals that travel in the electromagnetic spectrum that can result in hearing are only between 20 and 20 thousand hertz. The electromagnetic spectrum does not need a medium to travel through, sound does

We can calculate wave length from the frequency. Twenty hertz is 60 inches and very penetrating (lighthouse fog horn). It penetrates water, concrete and that annoying boom boom kid in the Honda at the intersection. Twenty thousand hertz has a wave length of 0.000017 meters (easier for me to calculate in metric units). It cannot penetrate anything well. Low energy. Cannot penetrate concrete. Keep in mind that this is electomagnetic spectrum. Actual sound is not but they become co-existent when speakers convert one to the other.

Could I please ask which amps you guys recommend for soundstage on a $6k budget? I would appreciate it if based upon what you have heard. I know so very little about that question, almost none. I must have fallen asleep that day in univ lol. Help me out guys? Th u for that one suggestion.
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Are you talking about sound? If so, you are wrong. 20 Hz at 20 degree C in air has a wave length of approx 17 m. Speed of sound divided by the frequency. 20 thousand Hz has wave length of 17 mm under the same conditions.
 
The 02 2024 the wiim amp Amplifier PReview has been test at https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...ds/wiim-amp-streaming-amplifier-review.52372/
but i don't find
-Cambridge Evo 150 ( Hypex Ncore NC252MP Class D amp + Delorean edition )
-primare i25 ( DAC + Prisma)
-Naim Uniti Atom
-Marantz 40 n
-Galion TS A75
-Eversolo DMP-A8
-Schiit Freya+ pre maplifier
-NAD 778 ( 9 channels Dirac Live LE 500Hz) , M33 or M10 v2 ( BLu OS)
-Bluesound Powernode (2021)or 2i
-Arylic A50 or S50 Pro
when try to find date of amplifier preview test , there is not a lot new amplifiers !! all is about 2020 !
regard's
 

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