This is just an example post but is not uncommon. Ignoring the fact you can’t “burn-in” a cable, presumably they are aware that it’s a clock cable and therefore only carrying a clock signal, which doesn’t have any “fine detail, soundstage, note decay”, sibilance or bass? So, what is the...

Further to the “Interested in Opinions” thread, here is a draft of the text which would hopefully be prominently available on the landing page of this subforum. Please discuss its contents, what think is missing or should be removed or reworded. Welcome to the forum for the discussion of the...

Part of the discussion in the "Testing Audiophile Myths and Claims" centred on how binaural recordings are superior to multi-mic'ed recordings because they achieve (or can achieve) a coherent sound stage whereas multi-mic'ed recordings by definition cannot. I don't entirely agree with that...

... we start to see the first audiophile products related to gravitational waves?   The discovery of gravitational waves just seems like too much of a pseudo-science opportunity to pass up. Gravitational waves, sound waves ... surely someone is going to somehow try to link these two types of...

There are countless threads throughout Head-Fi dealing specifically with (or mentioning) bit depths and/or sampling rates in terms of perceived quality. Comparisons or opinions on so called Hi-Rez recordings, in terms of say Hi-Rez verses standard-definition CD (16/44.1), being a common example...

There is a lot of talk of Hi-Rez audio these days, instead of one, there are now several Hi-Rez formats becoming available. I'll try to explain here what these formats are, what they do and the reality behind their existence. Although there is a great deal of technical complexity in digital...

It seems to me that there is a lot of misunderstanding regarding what bit depth is and how it works in digital audio. This misunderstanding exists not only in the consumer and audiophile worlds but also in some education establishments and even some professionals. This misunderstanding comes...

I'm curious as to what Head-Fi users consider to be the importance of the various elements and components which contribute to sound quality. Let's say that you have a million points, how would you break it down? Here's my evaluation: 260,000 = Quality of the original recording 260,000 =...