I remember cancelling my Stereophile subscription after this arrived, because clearly they were out of touch with the direction of modern audio systems. To their credit, they came out with a glowing review (Class A) a couple of months later. The photo includes audio equipment that came from...

A shout out in appreciation for the Transporter! I ordered it when it was first announced and it has remained one of my favorite pieces of audio equipment of all time. It completely changed the way I listened to music, and was the first stand alone appliance I knew of (as opposed to general...

This is what makes the Freya+ so unique and compelling as a product, and ultimately responsible for luring me in as a customer. I use balanced passive mode about 80% of the time, use buffered mode for the rare SE source, and light up the tubes when the vinyl starts spinning. The best of both...

Interesting... but I can see I am looking at the precipice of another rabbit hole! Based on your comments I will have to try experimenting more with DSD myself... It is a bit disappointing that there are SACD's out there that may have fallen into the the same loudness trap that plague CD's. The...

DSD has no tolerance for any clipping on audio sources, so adding 3 dB of headroom is definitely a good practice. I don't believe that 3 dB attenuation in the digital domain would cause any perceptible negative impact, particularly for 16 bit source material processed to 24 or 32 bit formats...

The best thing about this type of tweak is that it is free, and non-destructive if you save the originals! I have used Foobar2K for most maintenance tasks with my music files for years, and also use it with specific settings for the scanning and level adjustment here. Since the True Peak scan...

I have been somewhat obsessed with the potential issue of intersample clipping for a while now. I am surprised that when you consider the OC nature of the audiophile community that this is not discussed more. Unlike the majority of subjective opinions that are part of this hobby, True Peak...