Would love to see Westone Audio come out with some of their new products. Loved their UM50Pros which finally gave up on me by blowing a balanced armature driver after years of service.

PM on the way.

New Year Bump? Hoping someone has it.

Hello, I am looking to buy one of the Sony NW A20 models, budget is around $100 USD or so depending on the condition. I don't have a color preference, but hopefully the unit is not too beat up. I am located in NY and payment would be through PayPal. Thank you!

I tried out some IEMs a while back, but forgot what it is called. I remember that it has a large round case, either metal or leather. It is not small like the 64audio ones. The design of the ear buds themselves are protruded, much like the ones by Thieaudio, but I can't seem to find one that has...

Just like the title says, I own a pair of Westone UM50 Pro v2. Love them after some 2 years of usage. Now that the MACH series came out, which one of them is comparable? For those who have the luck to listen to both!

Agreed. 1. I don’t think he did that, the plug in just plays the track at one equalized volume. 2. He said he used sox to convert the audio, so they are the same master 3. The plug in is, so far, closed source, so I can’t review its code. Though headfi had a thread on this years ago. (In the...

https://i.imgur.com/JmKvMv3.png https://i.imgur.com/VF6zPq6.png https://i.imgur.com/YHKjCC5.png Sorry, was busy and did not have time to properly respond to the articles yet, but came across this on discord. Person was using Foobar ABX plugin and claimed this. Thoughts?

I see it in this light, the waveform is already reproduced perfectly, any over sampling done can be accurate based on this inference. While I do not have the computer science knowledge to understand if it is a trivial matter to be done perfectly in real life, the fact that it could be done at...

"The only difference between 16bit and 24bit is 48dB of dynamic range (8bits x 6dB = 48dB) and nothing else." (https://www.head-fi.org/threads/24bit-vs-16bit-the-myth-exploded.415361/). Since we can only perceive around 70dBs of dynamic range in a live orchestral performance because of noise...

Well, despite the harshness received, receiving harshness did help me, who was tricked by this con show seeing what is true. Criticism deserved, will continue to link BS videos. :relieved: All jokes aside, the 24vs16 is a nice thread, I will give it a thorough read soon. A thing I have in mind...

Very valid reasons. That 10 bit bit depth of vinyl as are also what makes them have a hiss, because you are hearing the noise floor if my understanding is correct, couple that with dust and what not. So in practice, I would like a bit more of depth for a lower noise floor, and like you said, 16...

Kevin Gilmore has already tried cryogenic audio set up, didn't help much. This video is supposed to be ironic, right? He said later on it is placebo.

I do know about this, the higher bit depth yields a lower noise floor, thus a higher dynamic range, it is true that 16 bits is already pretty sufficient, but like I mentioned, maybe, just maybe, loud orchestra pieces might benefit with a dynamic range over 96dB since it can reach 100 or more.

Right, thank you for telling me that. I did not like how he did not provide us with any measurements in terms or noise increase when using recording equipment under different formats, but it seemed just sciency enough to convince people. Snake oil.