I think of the Timeless as more of a scientific instrument. I use it quite a bit now in DIY mods and such. It can resolve a lot of detail. But, yeah, for actually listening to music ... when I want the fun factor,"musicality" and PRaT, I always go for the single DD. So, I still dig my orig...

About the pre-order-avail Timeless 2, that's getting weird influencer rave reviews on YouTube, etc ... I have owned the Timeless AE for about year now. I also have an aftermarket filter kit that I have yet to experiment with. I did note earlier and elsewhere on H-F that I immediately noticed...

Saw the Z-Review. Wish Zeos had gone ahead and removed the cover. About MK… well it is not as if a committed designer with solid work ethics can’t achieve / out-do what MK has done. The Chinese industrial complex should buy the whole MK line .Take ‘em apart and Xerox as much as possible; and...

Yes, many, many of my posts have been disappeared from H-F. I do agree with some moderator-ship; but when forums get large, so do vested interests. About banning "details" at ASR. My entire 5-page thread about "re-capping cd players" was disappeared. Google has cache of a snip of it. Put the...

William Shakespeare — 'No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity but I know none and therefore am no beast?'

The ASR forum , as I've noted previously, is a very WEIRD place. I've been banned from that forum over 1/2 a dozen times. No profanities, very cordial and careful with language -- very pro-science, very pro-objective -- as to be as inoffensive as possible. Still, somebody must have held a...

Haven't seen the paper (full version) . What EXACTLY are you referring to? " acceptable performance" could ONLY be in reference to MEASURED performance. Even John Atkinson , in the Stereophile Measurements section, commented on his ultimate recommendations/reservations based on subpar MEASURED...

Just to add ... and Majidimehr's remarks on this are spot on ... that DAC measurements -- their collection; presentation -- need to be standardized. Err. Constitutionalized. Audio magazine (RIP!!) actually began much of this from the beginning of the CD era. Stereophile/John Atkinson further...

How TH do you (or anyone) know "pretty much the whole point of the site [ASR] ? I don't think even Amir knows. And, certainly, the "point" [= purpose ??] changes over time. For example, as more an more folks send Majidimehr their gear for testing, a commitment develops into honoring those...

Note what Majidimehr, specifically mentions in the video: In the AES paper, brand names/models are not noted. (AES standard for bias???). HOWEVER , in the video and asr site [of course], Majidimehr, as an added BONUS, does note the "good" and "bad" dacs ... my manuf and model...

Audio Science Review AES Paper Presentation on Audio DACs I'm sure y'all've been waitin' on this ... the Man hizself has pub'd a PAPER in AES. https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=22278

Is this really an accurate estimate? Many, many heads and CEOs (= decision makers) of major electronic manufs are audiophiles. And certainly, given the apparent use and endorsement of Chord DACs in major studios ... that reputation --at the very least -- would allow Chord to tap into (no pun...

Mr Watts ... you've been hammerin' away at the albatross project -- WTA and gazillion-tap DF -- since the Deltec / DPA days http://www.acoustica.org.uk/DPA/deltec.html Have you considered releasing your designs for ASIC ? Maybe, to TI . AD or AKM. FPGAs are nice as you can update firmware...

Current setup: Dell 1764 laptop (Win 7; 2010) with added memory and 2tb WD SSD running Foobar --> USB isolator device -- > 1305 dongle --> heavily-modded Meier Corda 2 amp -- > akg k-371 (diy cable). The 1305 dongle has smoothed out, with cleaner treble and more natural mids. Very easy to...

Perhaps like this ??? Above from an Audio magazine metrics of a Technics SL-P1200 Compact Disc Player (Dec. 1987). Audio mag, while it was around, used to routinely publ. SW's in their full reviews.

Do you have lab graphs of any Chord DAC performance with square waves? BTW: Back in 1993, Stereophile tested the Meitner IDAT. https://www.stereophile.com/content/meitner-idat-da-processor-measurements

Well here, in a controlled environment, where the "trolling" can me micromanaged and called out, rather than, say, unchecked on a more popular forum or YouTube. Specifically, ASR. I think Majidimehr himself is a genuine, self-aware, TROLL. Maybe like Elon Musk. As far as his followers (ASR forum...

Mr Watts .... my dear sir --- my dear, dear sir ... Please comment on the importance (or non-importance) of conducting square-wave tests, especially over >1k. Say, 12k. See: https://www.stereophile.com/content/quality-lies-details-page-3...

A D/A Distortion Compensator ? This mystery device -- TC17G005AF-0048 -- has been the subject of occasional discussion over the decades. Since Rob Watts seems to seem to be informed about ASIC/FPGAs, I thought perhaps he could chime in. Notably, certain Kenwood players in the late 1980s used a...

All forums and SM engines will ultimately de-volve into a "Forum Industrial Complex" . The Founding Fathers, no doubt, began with puritanical fundamentals. But when members get hooked and mods are needed, the Father's orig. "vision" gets blurry. Washington, Mansilla, Majidimehr.... same effin'...

On the topic of Inner Fidelity… what happened with Tyll and his diy mobile home , and “I’m Out” , was weird AF.

This is a non sequitur Lindholt. Why begin an exchange with someone you deem "immature"? Why subject yourself to that contagion? It's because you are bored. Hence all those posts in so little time. There is world outside audio forums. See my Sig line. Bottom line: for some, let's have...

Thx for your reply. You've been at this joint for about two mos. with interesting (= non-boring) stats: As of Nov 18, 2023: Posts 349; Likes 738 Wow! Sony CDP-338 ESD is indeed unexpected from an Amir-o-phile. The CXD1244 is a great DF.