I'm looking for this 2014 album by DJ Snake. This is not the DJ Snake that you are thinking of, it's the other DJ Snake from Nemesis. It was on tidal and other streaming services for a while, but it's gone now. FYI, this is a big bass album. Does anyone have a source for this album? I would...

I will try wifi. As for resetting the network, it's at work so that will surely do nothing as IT manages our network settings.

The web player does not support MQA. Either way, both of these streams were the same song set to "HiFi" quality. That being said, it doesn't matter which song I play, the network usage is the same. I figure there must be some sort of 3rd party app hijacking the connection or a coding error in...

Does anyone else use the TIDAL Desktop app? For some reason the data usage is through the roof when I run HiFi, like way more than the web player. WEB PLAYER: DESKTOP APP: It jumps up there and just stays there. The song never plays and I eventually get a message from TIDAL telling me to...

Conspiracy confirmed.

Sounds like a conspiracy to me.

Why would they call the B-stock "Mini" unless there was a "Max" to differentiate it from?

LOKI MAX CONFIRMED.

Q is not exactly calculated, per se. Depending on the type of amplifier you want to design, you basically choose a Q-point for the transistor you have in mind. At this point, I'm quite beyond my element, but it seems the bare minimum variables that must be considered include the input and output...

As far as I understand, Class G has nothing to do with Class D. It appears to be a modification of Class AB with variable power supplies. Basically, it runs on a low voltage power supply until the output requires additional power at which point it engages a higher voltage power supply. Below is...

Ok, there is definitely something going on with the mastering. I just listened to my personal copy that I ripped circa 2005 from CD to flac. Spek says 44.1khz My 2005 version sounds much cleaner. When Bonham hits the crash, it seems to stand apart from the bass and the guitar. The later masters...

It's especially noticeable on What Is and What Should Never Be during the louder parts (try starting around 1:15).

Fulla 2 as a DAC into Vali 2 into Hifiman HE4XX. Weirdly, I don't seem to get it on anything else I've been listening to on Tidal.

Ok, I have been listening to Led Zeppelin II (Remastered) on Tidal. The album is supposedly MQA but it sounds incredibly muddy. Like there is some crazy jitter in the lower treble or something. Cymbals just sound like someone is crumpling up a piece of stiff paper. Someone else listen to it and...

An interesting bit: You may have heard many manufacturers saying that their amplifiers operate in Class A up 'til a point and then "transition" into Class AB operation. At first, I had no idea how this could happen. Maybe they vary the DC bias based on the input (I'm sure this is done in some...

Due to a recent discussion on the Sound Science forum about amplifier classification on an unrelated thread, I decided to do some more research on the subject starting with a search on said forum. Surprisingly, there was no discussion on the topic so it seemed fate was telling me to start the...

Oh man, I haven't had a stogie in years. I'm pretty sure I have 2 or 3 left in my humidor that are dried to a crisp. I could probably reconstitute them, but I've got nowhere to smoke them these days... I need to finish building my house.

I never claimed to be an audiophile. I am, however, an engineer and the statements you are making about amplifier Class with respect to power are simply not true. The reason Class A amplifiers sound better is because they typically operate within the linear portion of the device's characteristic...

Not trying to say your Cyrus didn't sound better (I'm sure it did). Also not trying to say it didn't put out more power (I bet it does). But that has nothing to do with the Class of the amp. It only has to do with the operational specifications chosen by the respective manufacturers. In fact...

My journey starts in the late 90's when I was in elementary school and middle school. Even back then audio was a pretty big deal to me and my buddies. We mostly compared portable CD players and whoever's had the most anti-skip was pretty much king. At that time we used to listen via whatever...

This got really existential in a hurry.

No, the total power going to your speakers is dependent on your volume. The basic way it works is that a doubling of power gives you 3db more. So for your speakers: 1w=89db 2w=92db 4w=95db 8w=98db 16w=101db 32w=104db 64w=107db Now the power output jumps up and down as the song gets louder or...

It should have no effect on sound until you get up to 100w, which you probably never will unless your speakers are insanely inefficient.