Hello, i know, stange post but please keep reading... This post i made yesterday : https://www.head-fi.org/threads/diy-ground-box-thread.968372/post-18100727 and actually a few more and some research, might make a pretty clear case why we might hear/feel differences with (piezoelectric)...

Hello, just watched this which was quite interesting bottom line seems to be, to actually change the speed of electricity you need to change the isolation or medium around the conductor, not the conductor itself... i thought it was interesting because many audiophiles probably believe in...

Hey i know there are mainly 1. Matrix Elements 2. JCat if we speak about audiophile pcie usb cards but did somebody try another card that is performing great? or maybe even a simple commercial usb hub pcie card that performs well? Also if someone compared USB stuff of any kind, im interested...

Hello guys, i wonder if there are relatively cheap dacs with i2s input out there, i usually just see them above 1000 euro or so preferably with AKM chip reason is that i might wanna play around with AK4137 hardware upsampling and a dac with i2s input would allow me to build an adapter box usb...

Hello im kinda a huge fan of sound comparison/listening tests on youtube (with good, accoustic treated listening spaces) this doesnt give you a absolute view of the sound quality but im my expierences it definitely lets you compare performances relative between devices/changes Alpha Audio does...

Hello, im experimenting quite a bit with House Curves lately and tweaking my own "Hourse/Target Curve" and wanna share my experience and my to date best approach imo this is mostly about Hourse Curves on Speakers but some of it is applicable to headphones to some degree too (i will get into...

Hello, i noticed something today that i kinda must have overheared the last time... (i was utilizing a subsonic filter which made it kinda obvious) the question is Do FIR Filters introduce "preringing" dynamicly depending on what filters you use? for example, would a filter that introduce a...

Hey i was wondering if some people know songs that are recorded with tube gear, there must be a time period where this was common, im looking for checking out "true tube amp sound" since it should implement harmonics just like it does when playing back on a tube amp, right? (i know that...

Hello, i recently got a ian canada hat for the raspberry pi and switched from usb to toslink (still need to try coax) and noticed that the sound is way smoother, it could be because of better source clock but i also think the transport method (toslink/coax) plays a role in the smoother sound i...

Hello, does someone know if these are legit furutech cable, or is the "furutech cables" some kind of fake brand? someone trys to sell exactly those as legit furutech cables second hand, so im curious...

Hello, I was using a raspberry pi with moode for quite a while (probably the biggest reason to use it was sound quality compared to my pc) but since i nearly exclusively use this pc setup its way more convenient to connect directly to the pc (to watch movies/games without sync issues for...

Hello, I never really saw english discussion about tourmaline and its effects to audio reproduction, but they get spoken about quite alot on german audiophile forums and i also tested this myself out of curiousity and i agree what most people say about it, overall it improves audio quality...

Hello, short question... im offered a used 2 way power supply (2x9V) which can be wired as -9V/+9V to get a 18V symmetrical power supply, but if i wire this as 18V Power supply, can i have 2 outputs on it? one +9V and one -9V/+9V (18V) ? its one of those power supplys...

Hello, i wanna start this thread, so people can ask where a specific part of a song or cover comes from orignally To make a start... can someone tell me where i know "Fools Garden - Frozen" from?

Hello, since i got my DT880 around a year ago im constantly trying to improve the EQ to get closer to what my speaker setups delivers, i was actually kinda dissapointed as i first tried them, yes the DT880 were better than my 30€ Headphones i had before but the headphone expierence was just...

Hello, i just checked out old songs of my collection (mostly hardcore/electronic) which are still in mp3 and tried to search for them on qobuz but i noticed many, specially hardcore/hardsytle artists are completely missing or a large part of their portfolio (for me) qobuz offers everything i...

Hello, after quite a long time of trying different EQ settings i came around "House Curves" around 1 year ago, while i tried them before i kinda was confused that you actually have fairly steep house curves sometimes (more here for example...

Hello, i know this post will get me in trouble... but i wanna try anyway, maybe im not the only one who noticed this well since some time i noticed in songs rather strange "effects" (tho i just noticed this heavly on my studio monitors, not with headphones) and in very commercial songs as...

Hello, well a little side story, i abonded Windows 2-3 years ago for "serious listening" because my raspberry pi streamer (with currently moode) sounds way better i used linux for a while for my main pc but even linux isnt perfect because of pulseaudio and i switched back to windows (mainly...

Hello, i wanna make a little shoutout to https://www.music-map.com and the associated gnod network ( https://www.gnod.com ), i always struggled with finding new music that fits my taste and i found music-map a few days ago and already found a few new bands (which is kinda rare for me) that fits...

Hello i try to build something similar to the Ifi Idefender it should have - 3 usb connectors, one input, one output, one external power - disconnect V from input and just use external power - if possible disconnect GND too from input and use GND from external power now to where it gets...