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Why 24 bit audio and anything over 48k is not only worthless, but bad for music.
Actually it is all about money.- blades
- Post #508
- Forum: Sound Science
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How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?
I've gone through formal bias controlled comparisons. My results are that 256K and 320K MP3 sound the same to me as the native CD. With some recordings I can distinguish between the CD and a 192K MP3. At 128K I can distinguish them every time.- blades
- Post #3
- Forum: Sound Science
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Cable Burn In with regard to Audio Directionality.
It is expectation bias. Silver is rarer and more expensive than copper so you expect it to work "better." A bias controlled comparison will clear that up for you. Silver does conduct electricity somewhat better than copper so to have the same measured performance the copper wire would need...- blades
- Post #28
- Forum: Sound Science
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Opinions on using "No-Ox" to protect connectors?
"Opinions on using "No-Ox" to protect connectors?" One of many ways for the high end audio industry to get some of your money for no useful purpose.- blades
- Post #20
- Forum: Sound Science
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What creates soundstage in headphones??
There is no soundstage in headphone listening. Binaural sound reproduction places everything in the middle of your head.- blades
- Post #52
- Forum: Sound Science
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Is It Really Worth 'Upgrading' Sennheiser HD 580/600/650 Cables?
In my case you are comparing opinion to test results. Not exactly the same thing. Good bye to you too.- blades
- Post #269
- Forum: Cables, Power, Tweaks, Speakers, Accessories (DBT-Free Forum)
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Soundstage Width and Cross-feed: Some Observations
Curious that headphone listeners would talk about soundstage which is adjusted by the distance speakers are apart from each other. Headphones make the soundstage a point inside the head. I can't imagine giving the concept a second thought with headphones.- blades
- Post #9
- Forum: Sound Science
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DSP tube amplifier?
The reason tube amps have the sound they do is audible distortion. High fidelity solid state amps have distortion figures that are well below the level of audibility. You can certainly create a gushy warm sound with equalization but it still won't have the audible distortion of the tube amp. ...- blades
- Post #17
- Forum: Sound Science
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Are there any benefits to SNR higher than 110 dB?
It isn't a delusion. It is just a matter of misunderstanding. Better specifications can certainly indicate better performance. But when the specifications are below the level of audibility, they lose that capability. Every thing in audio is measurable. Not everything is audible. ...- blades
- Post #10
- Forum: Sound Science
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High end DAC vs DSD Dac/Upsampler
You don't need math. Common sense should get you there. If you have a 16/44.1 red book music file and you want to upsample it, where do you get the data to add to the data that is there? If you create it out of thin air how does the algorithm decide where zeros should go and where ones...- blades
- Post #7
- Forum: Sound Science
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Benefits of better amps and dacs
Two possibilities. The most obvious is that the comparisons were not made with level matched, bias controlled comparisons making the results invalid and meaningless. The less obvious possibility would be a severe impedance mismatch between the amp and the headphone.- blades
- Post #34
- Forum: Sound Science
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Benefits of better amps and dacs
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- Post #11
- Forum: Sound Science
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dac
Hello. What is wrong with the dac you have?- blades
- Post #2
- Forum: Introductions, Help and Recommendations
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Audiophile cables, an interesting question.
The reason is quite simple. Spending money on "better" cables creates an expectation that biases hearing. Wire is wire unless the manufacturer attaches some sort of filter to the cable. The sonic signatures are in the hearing bias not the cables. Here is a very brief explanation.- blades
- Post #1,059
- Forum: Sound Science
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FiiO X5 firmware's Sound Quality
And without that belief the audiophile world would collapse.- blades
- Post #52
- Forum: Sound Science
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Zero Audio - ZH-DX200 Carbo Tenore | ZH-DX210 Carbo Basso (Carbon & Aluminium IEM) thread
I wonder if I received a defective Basso. It has no midrange. Great bass, screaming hot treble with sibilance in the vocals. It is truly awful.- blades
- Post #4,256
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Recommend a headphone amp.
You didn't mention what problem you have with what you are now using.- blades
- Post #3
- Forum: Introductions, Help and Recommendations
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The scientific merit of Pono
But remasters are what "high res" digital audio is all about. They are the reason the "high res" files sound different from the high bit rate MP3's.- blades
- Post #11
- Forum: Sound Science
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Breaking-in headphones, the final verdict!
You get the golden ears award. :)- blades
- Post #74
- Forum: Sound Science
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What is the sound quality of iPhone, iPad, iPod (Touch)?
Near perfection at any rate. To me spending money on outboard DAC's is pretty silly. There isn't a bit of difference in sound quality between one DAC and another. Hearing bias will work against your wallet to be sure. Spend your money on transducers (speakers, headphones etc.)- blades
- Post #136
- Forum: Sound Science
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Breaking-in headphones, the final verdict!
The problem with my post is that I said the amp now sounds accurate. I should have said it sounds the way I want it to sound. Accuracy can't be heard. It can be measured. Anybody who fools with the frequency response without measurements is fiddling, not equalizing. So I fiddled with...- blades
- Post #72
- Forum: Sound Science
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Breaking-in headphones, the final verdict!
I spent about 5 minutes with the Windows equalizer and straightened it out. The amp sounds accurate now.- blades
- Post #68
- Forum: Sound Science
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Jitter Correlation to Audibility
Yes, what you describe are all contributors to hearing bias.- blades
- Post #361
- Forum: Sound Science
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Tube warmth and distortion and it's pros
Sorry I asked. I guess I should have known that asking for clarification of nonsense would only lead ot more nonsense.- blades
- Post #157
- Forum: Sound Science