- An AKM chip sounds warm and musical while ESS sounds neutral, dry and bright (not sure how it can be both neutral and bright, but nevermind).
- Yet, R2R remains the most analog sounding.
- Burn-in works for pretty much everything, from cables to Ethernet switches. Difference is always for the best.
- Your system must be revealing enough to hear a difference... about some tweak supposed to fix an issue to begin with... RIP, logic.
- Class D is Digital. And that way sounds dry and clinical.
- Sometimes, your phono stack is so good that it sounds as clean as digital... Or sometimes, your digital gear (streamer, DAC) is so good that it sounds as good as phono. Go figure.
- Doesn't matter if you're 70 and you cannot hear above 9kHz... If you've been an audiophile for 40 years.
- Sound production is the same as sound reproduction. That way, tube amps and heavy coloration make sense.
- Hearing memory lasts months and hundreds of hours. You can always point an improvement several weeks after.
- You can compare two amps by ear, yet with different speakers in different rooms at different times.
- Measurements do not matter. We listen to music, not to graphs.
- Musicality is not measurable (and has nothing to do with music itself). Only count emotion and pleasure when listening to a component.
- Yet, R2R remains the most analog sounding.
- Burn-in works for pretty much everything, from cables to Ethernet switches. Difference is always for the best.
- Your system must be revealing enough to hear a difference... about some tweak supposed to fix an issue to begin with... RIP, logic.
- Class D is Digital. And that way sounds dry and clinical.
- Sometimes, your phono stack is so good that it sounds as clean as digital... Or sometimes, your digital gear (streamer, DAC) is so good that it sounds as good as phono. Go figure.
- Doesn't matter if you're 70 and you cannot hear above 9kHz... If you've been an audiophile for 40 years.
- Sound production is the same as sound reproduction. That way, tube amps and heavy coloration make sense.
- Hearing memory lasts months and hundreds of hours. You can always point an improvement several weeks after.
- You can compare two amps by ear, yet with different speakers in different rooms at different times.
- Measurements do not matter. We listen to music, not to graphs.
- Musicality is not measurable (and has nothing to do with music itself). Only count emotion and pleasure when listening to a component.
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