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I'm a professional musician who travels (and, yes, reviews recordings) while touring with my band. So basically you found the one... -
mbphotox replied to the thread WiiM Streamers Mini and Pro.Here's a horrible idea: Why bother with 192kHz anyways?! Unless you are mixing/mastering audio recordings, there's literally no reason...
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mbphotox replied to the thread New FiiO M11S Player with dual ES9038Q2M DACs, 670mW output power and 14 hours of battery life.It's never going to be anywhere near as good as a 4-year old Smartphone, very likely.. The Snapdragon 660 is pretty weak.. even the 2019...
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mbphotox replied to the thread WiiM Streamers Mini and Pro.the WiiM Pro DAC has a pretty bad SINAD, yes. If you listen at elevated levels with headphones (for instance) and dynamic music, you are...
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There is a bleeding edge at the limits of the equipment being used where measurements become inconsistent. Without knowing the scale of...
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mbphotox replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.gotcha! Thanks for pointing this out. Would be great to have a conclusive list of "things" that can cause amplifiers, DACs...
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But most components CAN be “told apart from another”!! You can either relatively easily create the conditions under which they can be...
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I think you want to go look into just about any paper with Steve Temme as an author or coauthor. Anytime they speak pure math, my brain... -
mbphotox replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.I completely understand, but I still have to ask: if every component (DAC, Amp, Source) supposedly cannot be told apart from another...
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mbphotox replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.okay... Resolve is a big name among headphone users.. And he's convinced that ESS sounds different from Burr Brown DACs.. He did a...
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My Dinner benefitted from a burn in period of 30 minutes. There was a definite improvement in texture and taste of said food, but I did...
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while at the same time:
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To distrust anybody who ever said something wrong is nonsensical because nobody's perfect to begin with. To hang onto one or 2 such...
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That's your take on this discussion? Two out of context quotes to create a strawman? Perhaps you should put away your personal biases...
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mbphotox replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.Are you just arguing for the sake of arguing?! You should know full well, that this "argument" will just spiral on and on without...
