Z Reviews meets PS Audio!

[GrimSurfer]

About as entertaining as a kidney stone, if you ask me. More like annoying AF.

Is Greta Thunberg doing audio reviews now?

 

[raif71]

Yay Micca!!

 

[ernestcarl]

IMHO he doesn't pass the definition test of "entertaining". A 30+ minutes of blah, blah ,blah about some sh***y IEM?

Well, I skip ~98% of the stuff he reviews, and playback 2x speed bits or portions of what I'm actually only interested in. Rarely do I watch a full YT video review at 1x speed. Who has that kind of time? I've never actually bought anything based on his reviews -- EVER -- lucky me, I guess. To me -- and a few aothers --it's all entertainment. Then again, I'm a bit of a masochist, so who knows!

 

[Wombat]

Is Greta Thunberg doing audio reviews now?

Nope. Too busy.

 

[gikigill]

Z followers are probably less informed than the average person after watching his "reviews".

Z never met a piece of free tech that he didn't like. This guy likes everything he reviews.

 

[FooYatChong]

At least he didn't perpetuate the myth you have to spend thousands to get a decent DAC.

 

[Davelemi]

I enjoy Zeos's videos especially his hands on approach describing functionality, but I understand why an engineer wound find him annoying. I don't hear him waxing poetic about the specific sound qualities each DAC possesses, rather he simple states most well designed DACs sound the same. Also, his take on the ELAC Navis speakers was spot on, so he's certainly not a shill.

FWIW, Amir's work and the discussions among the members here has opened my eyes (and ears) to the absolute BS in the audiophile space. I thought photography marketing was full of crap.

 

[JJB70]

At least he didn't perpetuate the myth you have to spend thousands to get a decent DAC.

No more than the cost of a Big Mac meal if a dongle is sufficient!

 

[RayDunzl]

Is Greta Thunberg doing audio reviews now?

I hope so!

No, wait... misidentification.

The "Eat your babies" lady had superceded that memory location in my active neuron.

 

[GrimSurfer]

Nope. Too busy.

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Ha ha.

I see some parallels between Z, Greta, and the hat. It's celebrity. Once that comes ahead of qualifications or substance, the game is lost.

Continue to keep it real @amirm!

 

[VintageFlanker]

I don't hear him waxing poetic about the specific sound qualities each DAC possesses, rather he simple states most well designed DACs sound the same.

Yep, he is not that lost. He doesn't believe in High-end cables, neither in burn-in. Kind of a good entertainer to me. At last, even if the guy is definitely not very technically skilled , I like the way he destroys BS myths:

 

[FooYatChong]

I wonder how many people found ASR after watching Z's videos, I did. Where else did you find reviews for SMSL and Topping products? And then started googling to substantiate the claim you can't hear a real difference between dac's.

 

[VintageFlanker]

I wonder how many people found ASR after watching Z's videos, I did.

Wasn't it because of ASR links I spammed in YT comments?

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

So, people who believe in "audio science" don't believe in actual climate science? SMH.

 

[GrimSurfer]

So, people who believe in "audio science" don't believe in actual climate science? SMH.

Climate science? Yes. Climate virtue signalling or grand standing? Nope.

For many of the same reasons I ignore tax reform advice and charitable donation tips from Bono.

 

[Davelemi]

So, people who believe in "audio science" don't believe in actual climate science? SMH.

Whatever happened to acid rain and that big hole in the ozone?

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Climate science? Yes. Climate virtue signalling or grand standing? Nope.

Much in the same way I ignore tax reform advice and charitable donation tips from Bono.

Climate scientists disagree with you. But IMO a good rule of thumb is to ignore anyone who uses the meaningless term "virtue signaling" in place of an actual argument. I'll follow that rule of thumb with you now.

Whatever happened to acid rain and that big hole in the ozone?

Good question. Why don't you research what changes were made to address those?

 

[GrimSurfer]

Whatever happened to acid rain and that big hole in the ozone?

The same thing that happened to smog in the LA region. We cleaned it up, at great cost.

I'm all for CARB, the Sierra Club, good environmental policy etc. I'm not so keen listening to l'enfant terrible who has crossed the Atlantic in a carbon fibre sailboat. I find it ironic, and a bit hypocritical, that Greta goes on about issues of self preservation without taking that message to China and India.

 

[GrimSurfer]

Climate scientists disagree with you.

I'm not sure what you're saying here. I actually agree with climate science.

I just don't like hypocrites, poseurs, and grandstanders.

 

[JJB70]

I am a tree hugger and advocate reducing GHG emissions but I do consider that there is something profoundly hypocritical or dishonest about someone preserving their "integrity" by avoiding making a return flight at the expense of multiple flights for a boat crew plus the logistic support emissions. Take the flight and save emissions, but that would mean making a mature choice.