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[Mnyb]

I dunno, but I have a delta sigma dac that I can send a sine wave to, and out comes the combined works of Beethoven.

Wonder how that would sound if you mixed all Beethoven works. to one track

Edit: it would be very efficient . "Have you heard Beethoven ?", "yes all of his works "." which one did you like the most ","don't know"

 

[antcollinet]

Wonder how that would sound if you mixed all Beethoven works. to one track

Honestly couldn't say - my Dac plays them sequentially.

 

[Truth Ness]

Someone need a laugh (or a headache) and doesn't know the Mojo Audio blog?

My favourite might be the "7 Myths of Digital Audio Dispelled".

There you find something on the relationship of audio file formats and operation systems:



Or why delta sigma dacs sound so smooth and refined while R2R gives you a much more precise sound (I thought it was the other way round? )




Admittedly my knowledge of DA conversion is rather superficial, but I sure wouldn't buy a dac from this company!

Facepalm heaven, really !
I think i never ever read that amount of bullshit and quality of dumbness everywhere else. Almost every sentence is the crappiest crap.
I can totally agree to check that blog out if one wants a shattering laugh.
Thanks for sharing this gem.

I don't even know what to quote from there because everything is worth a quote.

"I used to live in a place where relatively low performance DSL sounded better than high-speed cable internet. In that neighborhood the shared bandwidth of the cable internet notably slowed download speeds, as well as the sound quality of streamed music"

And the blog's slogan:
"A bit closer to live music"
Muahahahaha yeah sure!
Just insane.

 

[Alexander Gödde]

Somebody found the perfect scam to reel in the tweakers:

ASI Sugar Cubes: Devil's Dice

Test - review of Acoustic System International Sugar Cubes

www.audiodrom.net

Tiny rough-cut wooden cubes with some holes drilled into them. You stick them to the wall behind the speakers in a grid pattern and then move them and rotate them to ... ??

Incredibly cheap to make and offering endless "fine adjustments" for imagined improvements. Genius!

 

[Mnyb]

Somebody found the perfect scam to reel in the tweakers:

ASI Sugar Cubes: Devil's Dice

Test - review of Acoustic System International Sugar Cubes

www.audiodrom.net

Tiny rough-cut wooden cubes with some holes drilled into them. You stick them to the wall behind the speakers in a grid pattern and then move them and rotate them to ... ??

Incredibly cheap to make and offering endless "fine adjustments" for imagined improvements. Genius!

Old hat shun Mook have been at this for decades I raise you mpingo discs

The Magic of Mpingo

 

[egellings]

There's also the Tice Clock. This was a specially "treated' table clock that you plugged into the wall outlet anywhere near your audio system, and the clock was supposed to magically improve the system's sound quality.

 

[MarkS]

There's also the Tice Clock. This was a specially "treated' table clock that you plugged into the wall outlet anywhere near your audio system, and the clock was supposed to magically improve the system's sound quality.

John Atkinson wrote about it 35 years ago (how time flies!):

Tice R-4 TPT & Coherence ElectroTec EP-C "Clocks" John Atkinson March 1991 | Stereophile.com

John Atkinson also wrote about the Tice TPT Clock in March 1991 (Vol.14 No.3): If it's true that the Tice TPT Clock does have a small but audible effect on the sound of your system, how could this be so? Having read the Tice literature, I think that the official explanation of what is going on...

www.stereophile.com

 

[Caldera]

There's also the Tice Clock. This was a specially "treated' table clock that you plugged into the wall outlet anywhere near your audio system, and the clock was supposed to magically improve the system's sound quality.

Here is the Hughes & Kettner flagship tube clock, featuring hand-selected, submarine-grade Nixie tubes for maximum temporal warmth. The true endgame reference for serious tube-sound connoisseurs. Position it carefully near any transistor amplifier and—believe me—the soundstage immediately opens up. Even Yello or Kraftwerk gains organic micro-dynamics, harmonic patina, and ultimately resolves into the raw, soul-bearing blues of Robert Johnson.

 

[RexrothPigeon]

the shared bandwidth of the cable internet notably slowed download speeds, as well as the sound quality of streamed music"

ah yes, the dreaded "slowed sound quality"

I like my quality nice and medium-fast, thankyouverymuch

 

[Truth Ness]

That's the inside of the Mojo Audio Mystique X'25 NC DAC

MSRP: 9.999 $
Now: 7.999 $

Nice!
I bet it took decades of engineering and research.

 

[rdenney]

Here is the Hughes & Kettner flagship tube clock, featuring hand-selected, submarine-grade Nixie tubes for maximum temporal warmth. The true endgame reference for serious tube-sound connoisseurs. Position it carefully near any transistor amplifier and—believe me… Even Yello or Kraftwerk gains organic micro-dynamics, harmonic patina, 60-cycle hum and ultimately resolves into the raw, soul-bearing blues of Robert Johnson.

Rick “FTFY” Denney

 

[BlueMeanie]

That's the inside of the Mojo Audio Mystique X'25 NC DAC

MSRP: 9.999 $
Now: 7.999 $

Nice!
I bet it took decades of engineering and research.

Huh, thought they were doing the discrete resistor thing, but that seem to be some vintage chips. Probably somewhere in the description, but that wall of text would be another reason why I would be reluctant to buy one of these things...

 

[Mnyb]

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That's the inside of the Mojo Audio Mystique X'25 NC DAC

MSRP: 9.999 $
Now: 7.999 $

Nice!
I bet it took decades of engineering and research.

I took them decades to understand the application notes for the DAC chips price reflects the need to recoup the R&D cost /s

 

[antcollinet]

I took them decades to understand the application notes for the DAC chips price reflects the need to recoup the R&D cost /s

Exactly:

Our Mystique X incorporates the same no-compromise ultra-purist non-oversampling direct-coupled R-2R circuit that Mojo Audio is famous for.

And any other manufacturer stupid enough to use the same obsolete DAC IC.

A claim:

Our Mystique X digital-to-analog converter converts PCM format files up to 24-bit 192KHz via Femto clocked USB, coaxial S/PDIF, or balanced AES.

But the obsolete chip they are using can only take 20bit digital audio. So while they might be converting 24 bit files, they are throwing away at least four of the bits.


Mojo description of their "fine tune circuit"

To optimize linearity left and right channels each have an independent fine-tune circuit that adjusts the voltage of the most significant bit (MSB) at the zero voltage crossing.

Which is just a feature of the (obsolete) AD IC they are using. From the data sheet.

The digital offset technique shifts the midscale output voltage (0 V) away from the MSB transition of the device. Therefore, small amplitude signals are not affected by an MSB change.

All this for a mere $7000

 

[xray]

All this for a mere $7000

The bigger the fool the bigger the price to extract from them.

 

[MEGB1262]

Hello audio science enthusiasts,

i have opened an own thread for this

Lavardin memory distortion theory - serious science or marketing?

Hi audio science enthusiasts, i have found an old post in the DIY Audio Forum: https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/memory-distortion-crap-or-serious.29976/ my favorite answer is the post with this comment "i vote for serious crap" but after 14 years some other guys found the post and...

www.audiosciencereview.com

but i am quite sure that this belongs to the long list of the "snake oil" topics

- have more fun, Stefano

 

[AdrianusG]

Here is the Hughes & Kettner flagship tube clock, featuring hand-selected, submarine-grade Nixie tubes for maximum temporal warmth. The true endgame reference for serious tube-sound connoisseurs. Position it carefully near any transistor amplifier and—believe me—the soundstage immediately opens up. Even Yello or Kraftwerk gains organic micro-dynamics, harmonic patina, and ultimately resolves into the raw, soul-bearing blues of Robert Johnson.

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"submarine-grade Nixie tubes for maximum temporal warmth. "

"Even Yello or Kraftwerk"

of course, ..... Yello(w) submarine

 

[Punter]

AD1862, yours for sixteen big buckaroos! Hey partner, just a doggone minute, you need two of them thar chips! Durn! that's thitty too of mah heard earned !

I'm amazed Mojo isn't extolling the virtues of their obsolete vintage AD chip! I mean that's what true high end HiFi is all about, limiting the actual performance to ensure the integrity of the music. Morons...

 

[mhardy6647]

AD1862, yours for sixteen big buckaroos! Hey partner, just a doggone minute, you need two of them thar chips! Durn! that's thitty too of mah heard earned !
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I'm amazed Mojo isn't extolling the virtues of their obsolete vintage AD chip! I mean that's what true high end HiFi is all about, limiting the actual performance to ensure the integrity of the music. Morons...

Imagine how hard this would be if there were vintage, obsolete DAC chips on AlNiCo substrate!

 

[SonnySide]

“Did you also press the ‘add more air and increase the soundstage’ button too?”