whitedragem
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Poor James having his thread hijacked so massively....
I am all for the scientists ensuring that their religion is artfully acknowledged (that plots represent information they are portraying etc), but I feel some leeway need be given here..
Why intelligent people need to ‘get in the way of’ simplified information for the masses (clearly the point for this thread) I am not sure- texts books would hint at ego needing acknowledgement.
”there there- we are all *special*“ (some clearly more than others)
When one is gifted with the beauty that is high intelligence, assuming society nurtures our wellbeing, and shelters us/meets our ‘hierarchy of needs’ (etc) - then we should give back in turn and not polute the good that others intend to do.
Now I am running with some assumptions here- first and foremost - that this thread is not simply an advert for some DCS kit. The thread seems to have started ‘the downward spiral’ with the mention of MQA (which I personally would rather be replaced with HDCD in a heartbeat - which is a format which gives to everyone/ not a case of ’haves/have nots’ and hits the magic number of 20 bit sound); I am not a fan of MQA, but I can see how it might reduce streaming bandwidth, which could prove a good thing. Of course I do not believe that was MQAs’ raison d‘etre (reason for being)..
Now as happy as I am to overhear a bunch of people talking about their experiences with high end audio kit, that wouldn’t be most peoples reason for coming to this thread.
Use your gifts people, and ‘if in doubt’... (say nothing) -try to let the person whose soap box we have come to criticise/hear (James) actually speak.
It kinda looks like it is a post that might grow with ‘one a week’.. the intention being to inform users why DACs are ‘not just the DAC chip’ but a ‘whole circuit’ and design matters.
Some education doesn’t hurt...
After reading head-fi for many many years, I finally had to start an account (in 2010) cause some muppet was running around, posting all over the place, some really negative reviews because of THIER BASIC MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
of course the internet gives everyone a voice..
Anyone who doesn’t want to hear what James has to say, give him the same courtesy as you would a person in public space- if he starts the conversation and is talking about a specific topic (DAC theory, which in this instance went ‘back to basics’ (as I listen to the album of the same name) and started with the initial encoding process), let the thread be about that topic, please.
This is really just *ahem* (common) courtesty.
If people want to talk about their experiences with DACs- go start your own thread. Clearly -hijacking- some elses’ nets you more attention. (If this sounds like an attack, well then, -=see it as that=-, as far as I can see, there are ‘drunk guests’ at this social get together who need to be kept in check, and whilst I don’t want to ‘mother hen’ someone elses conversation, I would like to represent the head-fi readers in the future who might come to read this thread years from now, and will be wondering WHY discussion of present market DACs are being spoken about in a thread giving digital theory.
And -YES- those smart enough to not need the education, or wish to correct another trying to get some general info out (burning the forrest to see the trees), maybe use the PM button, or do as some in the thread have done and give links that grow the discussion.
Lets assist our brethren to speak.. lets listen intently (requires mouths closed and EARs open), and lets acknowledge that the target audience for this thread might be a spectrum of headfiers, some new to the tech, some wanting to brush up their knowledge.
Now I know some ON THE SPECTRUM might wish to challenge ME over this; stating how important their opinion is on THIS TOPIC and WHY THEY NEEDED TO SPEAk.
(Go)Easy!
Un twist your panties.
All we need to do is let James talk about DAC theory.
End of (story)..
(I don’t need your ego battle- nor does this thread need anyones subjective experiences about their local hifi shops or why they went with a certain product- this isn’t the thread for that!)
I am not targetting anyone in particular- my sole purpose to write this is to return the ground work as laid out by James to be the topic, hopefully to be ‘resumed’.
If anyone actually knew me they would know I love to rant/rave as much as the next enthusiast and I AM a practioner of truth, and generally seek out accurate information. In any other thread I’d probably love to hear your respective stories, but ‘for those in the future scouring head-fi’ looking for nuggets of knowledge - lets let THEM have this one, shall we?
I am all for the scientists ensuring that their religion is artfully acknowledged (that plots represent information they are portraying etc), but I feel some leeway need be given here..
Why intelligent people need to ‘get in the way of’ simplified information for the masses (clearly the point for this thread) I am not sure- texts books would hint at ego needing acknowledgement.
”there there- we are all *special*“ (some clearly more than others)
When one is gifted with the beauty that is high intelligence, assuming society nurtures our wellbeing, and shelters us/meets our ‘hierarchy of needs’ (etc) - then we should give back in turn and not polute the good that others intend to do.
Now I am running with some assumptions here- first and foremost - that this thread is not simply an advert for some DCS kit. The thread seems to have started ‘the downward spiral’ with the mention of MQA (which I personally would rather be replaced with HDCD in a heartbeat - which is a format which gives to everyone/ not a case of ’haves/have nots’ and hits the magic number of 20 bit sound); I am not a fan of MQA, but I can see how it might reduce streaming bandwidth, which could prove a good thing. Of course I do not believe that was MQAs’ raison d‘etre (reason for being)..
Now as happy as I am to overhear a bunch of people talking about their experiences with high end audio kit, that wouldn’t be most peoples reason for coming to this thread.
Use your gifts people, and ‘if in doubt’... (say nothing) -try to let the person whose soap box we have come to criticise/hear (James) actually speak.
It kinda looks like it is a post that might grow with ‘one a week’.. the intention being to inform users why DACs are ‘not just the DAC chip’ but a ‘whole circuit’ and design matters.
Some education doesn’t hurt...
After reading head-fi for many many years, I finally had to start an account (in 2010) cause some muppet was running around, posting all over the place, some really negative reviews because of THIER BASIC MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
of course the internet gives everyone a voice..
Anyone who doesn’t want to hear what James has to say, give him the same courtesy as you would a person in public space- if he starts the conversation and is talking about a specific topic (DAC theory, which in this instance went ‘back to basics’ (as I listen to the album of the same name) and started with the initial encoding process), let the thread be about that topic, please.
This is really just *ahem* (common) courtesty.
If people want to talk about their experiences with DACs- go start your own thread. Clearly -hijacking- some elses’ nets you more attention. (If this sounds like an attack, well then, -=see it as that=-, as far as I can see, there are ‘drunk guests’ at this social get together who need to be kept in check, and whilst I don’t want to ‘mother hen’ someone elses conversation, I would like to represent the head-fi readers in the future who might come to read this thread years from now, and will be wondering WHY discussion of present market DACs are being spoken about in a thread giving digital theory.
And -YES- those smart enough to not need the education, or wish to correct another trying to get some general info out (burning the forrest to see the trees), maybe use the PM button, or do as some in the thread have done and give links that grow the discussion.
Lets assist our brethren to speak.. lets listen intently (requires mouths closed and EARs open), and lets acknowledge that the target audience for this thread might be a spectrum of headfiers, some new to the tech, some wanting to brush up their knowledge.
Now I know some ON THE SPECTRUM might wish to challenge ME over this; stating how important their opinion is on THIS TOPIC and WHY THEY NEEDED TO SPEAk.
(Go)Easy!
Un twist your panties.
All we need to do is let James talk about DAC theory.
End of (story)..
(I don’t need your ego battle- nor does this thread need anyones subjective experiences about their local hifi shops or why they went with a certain product- this isn’t the thread for that!)
I am not targetting anyone in particular- my sole purpose to write this is to return the ground work as laid out by James to be the topic, hopefully to be ‘resumed’.
If anyone actually knew me they would know I love to rant/rave as much as the next enthusiast and I AM a practioner of truth, and generally seek out accurate information. In any other thread I’d probably love to hear your respective stories, but ‘for those in the future scouring head-fi’ looking for nuggets of knowledge - lets let THEM have this one, shall we?