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bigshot replied to the thread iPhone vs. Android via USB-C sound quality difference is huge.The iPhone dongle measures as good as high end stand alone DACs. It should sound perfect. My guess is either the impedance on your...
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bigshot replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.I just tuck the CD away in a closet and just use the lossy. Never had a need to go back to the CD in over 25 years.
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bigshot replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.I find that MP3 LAME 320 VBR is completely transparent.
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bigshot replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.The conscious awareness is the trick though. There’s always a salesman willing to share his consciousness with people who don’t have any...
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bigshot replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.I think some people live their whole lives in a relaxed state without conscious awareness.
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bigshot replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.MP4 codecs like AAC.
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bigshot reacted to castleofargh's post in the thread Audiophile objections to blind testing - an attempt from a layman with
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It's the same reason why so many people have to wear glasses. They actually have perfect sight, but in a controlled test with the... -
bigshot replied to the thread Sound Science Corner Pub.I got banned from the audiophile objections to blind testing thread for pointing out the specific reason why it would be a waste of time...
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bigshot replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.See the link in my sig CD Is All You Need for more details.
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bigshot replied to the thread Reconstruction Filters made audible?.Inaudible. You are “hearing” expectation bias.
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bigshot replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.Yes. There’s no need to go out of your way to buy Hotel California or Doggystyle. Those albums will always be available in multiple...
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bigshot replied to the thread Pink noise volume pan for evaluating stereo imaging.I did a restoration of a very famous recording of the first act of Die Walkure by Bruno Walter and the Vienna Philharmonic. It got a lot...
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bigshot replied to the thread Reconstruction Filters made audible?.It's good enough to be perfect for the even more finite technology of human ears!
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bigshot replied to the thread Reconstruction Filters made audible?.If he heard a difference, he should then compare them to other midrange DACs and figure out which of them sounds different than the rest...
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bigshot replied to the thread Reconstruction Filters made audible?.Then you agree that standard DACs should sound the same. Then the test should be to test the fancy audiophile filters against a standard...