Posts by JaZZ

  Originally Posted by wgb113  I'm surprised the crew at HeadRoom never took the chance to run their tests on some well-worn headphones to see if any measure different than their new counterparts. From what I...

Break-in of speakers – especially woofers – is a well-known and easily measurable phenomenon. Denying it makes no sense. At best one can ask oneself if it is audible or transferrable to headphones. But on the background of the many...

Originally Posted by electropop  I'm interested in these other measurable variances. I know you can measure transient response. Does this have to do with pre-/post ringing? If so, are there measurements of a Sansa...

  Originally Posted by Bullseye  You can disagree if you want, however looking for those things mentioned (flat FR, low noise, IMD, etc) is what makes equipment better than other.  Yes, but only in the...

Originally Posted by Bullseye  As a note, high fidelity means less coloration, a flatter response, less variation over the original. Hey, I strongly disagree with your implication that a flat frequency response...

  Originally Posted by kwkarth  there are two principal components to "soundstaging" in headphones. The first component is "real" and comprised of the information captured and preserved in the actual recording...

  Originally Posted by Skylab  ... I do believe strongly though that more subjective reviews are better than less. Yes, of course!  It's just that I'm too lazy ...uuhhmm: busy these days! .

: Originally Posted by neptius  This is the reason why several independent people do reviews. One can be very subjective and give no useful information, second one can be emotional after “first positive” impression,...

Originally Posted by neptius  Ok, I present the secret. Three very serious head-fiers has interested to test and review Casea Lyra amp (with or without DAC). Skylab is one of them. I do not know which model he chosen,...

Originally Posted by neptius  JAZZ – I cittate – “Interestingly I have found the Symphony to sound better via USB than via S/PDIF or Toslink.“ This is simply said the pure proof that things insight this device...