Sonic-Wall
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How about the ADI-2 Pro FSR BE?
It's a great piece of hardware. But we went too much off topic in this thread.How about the ADI-2 Pro FSR BE?
All the YouTube reviewers who focus on DACs are just wafflers. Watching them is a good way to completely waste your time.Typical YT reviewer audio buzzword bingo. Will we ever get rid of these guys and those keeping them afloat by patreon?
Sorry, my fault.It's a great piece of hardware. But we went too much off topic in this thread.
I don't think it's a risk that's necessarily confined to NOS DACs, there are several OS DACs with a variety of linear phase and minimum phase filters.RE 'Go to "non-oversampling" mode and ultrasonic noise shoots through the noise, causing that off-the-charts green line. Best not to have a tweeter that attempts to go above 20 kHz!'
Not necessarily so. For example in the video I just posted the 3 DACs measure extremely well so for me, watching the videos may make up my mind on what other features that may need considering. In the Centaurus, there is the feature of NOS which is not present in the DS DAC and it is fun to see reaction to this feature so it is not a complete waste of time. YMMV.All the YouTube reviewers who focus on DACs are just wafflers. Watching them is a good way to completely waste your time.
Its a social construct really. Enough people with enough influence said they were good and everyone else just agreed. We here at ASR are trying to correct these things.This is a question for students of social psychology, suggestibility, and marketing.
listeners enjoy it , why not?This is one of the best examples of R2R currently. They should just remove the the NOS 2 filter setting altogether for public safety, just like mandatory seatbelts and other regulationspure dunning Kruger territory to be fa filter tinkerer imho .
R2R is usually not this good so kudos for the very real engineering effort , but why ?
Audiophiles drink the R2R cooladelisteners enjoy it , why not?
so what, people like what they like . And sometimes it's koolaid and that's fine too.Audiophiles drink the R2R coolade
It's fine as long as you realise that's what it isso what, people like what they like . And sometimes it's koolaid and that's fine too.
Fully agree. I find the recent "audiophile" bashing on ASR a bit much these days.so what, people like what they like .
Fully agree. I find the recent "audiophile" bashing on ASR a bit much these days.
Scientifically lamp cord works fine as a power cord, and I choose to buy Belden power cable, it's like so what?
Or, cheap monoprice XLR cable works just fine, and I choose to buy Mogami cable with Neutrik ends, so what?
I find some of the posts these days can be quite judgemental, or dismissive, or condescending.
Just saying ...
Subjectivist audiophiles take any disagreement with their golden ears as “bashing”. Just sayin’…
Based on years of experience interacting on audio forums. Not a scientific fact, just my opinion.See the generalization & labeling. Really sad state.![]()
I don't think anyone disputes this. I'm very impressed with how well it works. For a lot less money, you can buy a better DAC (with less distortion at the key music levels; better short and long-term stability), but you probably wouldn't hear any difference!This Topping R2R DAC is really well engineered, IMHO.
R2R DACs themselves don't produce "harmonic spikes", failing to use the essential reconstruction filter, does. R2R DACs, properly filtered can be quite clean.If people wanna buy R2R DAC and enjoy the harmonic spikes, so what?
But there are also scientific reasons to support your choices. I also use Mogami with Neutrik. I don't do anything special with power cords, but I do inspect them for quality and during use, for wear or other concerns.Scientifically lamp cord works fine as a power cord, and I choose to buy Belden power cable, it's like so what?
Or, cheap monoprice XLR cable works just fine, and I choose to buy Mogami cable with Neutrik ends, so what?
Audiophilia is a socially harmful phenomenon akin to alcoholism and should be exposed and fought. And it's not a recent thing here.I find the recent "audiophile" bashing on ASR