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  1. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    It’s actually partially understandable. Advertising vendors provide the capital a large site like head-fi needs to pay for operations. As much as I don’t like it, posts that get too far into questioning the claims of those vendors and their customers certainly don’t make they paying vendors...
  2. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    You’re uneccesarily creating conflict in a discussion where others are trying to find some common ground. I posted that as an observation and stand by it. Hardly a personal attack, that’s an evidence based comment. Edit, not sure why the quote feature didn’t work here, but his is a response...
  3. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    Disappointingly, it largely is. To the point at which the title of the Cables Subforum has “DBT free” in the forum title. And from personal experience, I can tell you that I’ve had many posts deleted outside of sound science for discussing factual, peer reviewed data that doesn’t align with...
  4. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    How is this helping? Is it not possible to continue with what’s been a refreshingly civil discussion over the last handful of posts?
  5. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    No argument with you on this. IMO, Bigshot creates as much conflict here as those he accuses of the same. We recently had a nice quiet few months here with reasonable conversation. Now correlation isn’t necessarily causation, but the quiet period aligned with a paucity of his posts.
  6. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    Only if I choose to accept the generalization and/or see myself as a member of that group. Those options don’t exist with direct personal attacks. I can always tell myself that the insult was directed at a shade of blue I don’t wear. It’s a fine line, but also an important distinction.
  7. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    Actually, there is a difference between commentary about a group and directly insulting a named member. “I think people who wear blue shirts are dumb” is quite different than “bfreedma is dumb”. I can choose to ignore/not associate myself with the former, while the latter is clear and directed.
  8. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    There’s a difference between observations made about a general population vs. personal attacks directed against named individual members.
  9. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    Probably for the best. The discussion can always be picked up if the OP provides any evidence supporting their position.
  10. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    Until you can rule out placebo effect via a valid testing model, there is no point in discussing other possibilities. Start there.
  11. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    Um, no. Please spend a few hours learning about digital data transmission and error correction - it will (hopefully) get you out of this loop you're stuck in trying to rationalize what you believe is happening and give you at least a baseline for how these technology implementations work.
  12. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    Once again, you're ignoring the built in Error Correction in these data transfers. Please do some reading on how this actually works, because how you "believe" it works is not correct. Only two things are technically possible here" The error correction works as intended/needed and the...
  13. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    Sorry, but there’s a zero point zero percent chance that any of those hard drives/transports result in different audio output. It’s an absurd claim, so unless you have actual evidence to share, let’s move on. Data in transit from those (or any modern storage device) utilizes error correction...
  14. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    I don't have to guess. There is a specific model these technologies must follow and that model doesn't allow for the variability you claim. So we either believe you have a unique scenario that violates 4 decades plus of known digital processing standards, or the differences don't actually...
  15. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    All of the data from all of those drives follows an error correction model that entirely precludes your conclusions. You are making a claim that would literally force the redefinition of how digital data is stored and recovered. I say with a great deal of confidence that any and all...
  16. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    How did you account for the numerous buffers that the data goes through after USB and before processing? There is almost zero possibility that different USB and/or other connections "sound" different. The amount of data coming across from the disk to the PC is a tiny fraction of the capacity...
  17. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    According to you, DACs not only don't fit known science, they also don't follow the normal and well established paths for Sales and Capitalism? I never knew how special DACs were... And to be more direct, I don't believe or have I seen evidence that there is any audible difference between the...
  18. bfreedma

    How do you measure sound stage?

    Sales/Capitalism 101. New products need to be released to keep the company profitable when older models see their sales cycle slowing. Regardless of if the new product is meaningfully "better". When Benchmark saw sales for the DAC-1 flagging, they introduce the DAC-2 to give customers both...
  19. bfreedma

    Tidal ... I like you

    After the MQA fiasco, I'm not interested in sending my money to Tidal. I suspect I'm not alone in that position.
  20. bfreedma

    Save the date: a Sennheiser CES debut

    Still nothing. Turn out the lights, the party is over... The only assumption I can make is that Sennheiser is abandoning the high end headphone market. It's been a good ride, but the ride appears to be finished. Thankfully, with so many other and frequently better options, this is far less...
  21. bfreedma

    Earplugs to lower db that still sound good?

    I'd look into hearing protection designed for mitigating shooting noise. I haven't tried these myself, but have a friend who is very happy with them. I doubt there is no impact on music due to the general nature of hearing protection, but will allow you to hear music and voices...
  22. bfreedma

    2019 Roon Thread - is it worth it?

    That convenience also comes with one of the best set of EQ options on the market. YMMV I do agree though - Roon is definitely a luxury if used primarily with a single output device.
  23. bfreedma

    THE COMPOSER OPEN BACK FLAGSHIP by AUSTRIAN AUDIO

    Much like Audeze's glued on pads, wouldn't it make sense to understand what the fix would look like/cost prior to investing in the headphones? I stopped purchasing Audeze headphones due to this. AA should weigh in - if this is a user repairable item that AA will ship at low cost, then it's not...
  24. bfreedma

    THE COMPOSER OPEN BACK FLAGSHIP by AUSTRIAN AUDIO

    Batteries are replaceable and available for many years through vendors and 3rd parties. No one knows about the availability or repair options for the foam. And again, I think most people see the lifespan of a pair of high end headphones exceeding the typical ownership window of a phone. Edit...
  25. bfreedma

    THE COMPOSER OPEN BACK FLAGSHIP by AUSTRIAN AUDIO

    If my mobile phone had foam (or any part) that was likely to deteriorate over it's likely use time, I would have.
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