Quote: Originally Posted by Pricklely Peete Just a reminder for owners of A-gd gear...it takes at least 300 hours (or more) for the gear to settle down completely although individual stages may require more or less time. 300 hours of playback time, or just powered and turned on time?

Quote: Originally Posted by nikongod Can you point to anyone who has waited over a year for a GS-1 or are you simply trying to insult a well respected designer? A week ago I cancelled my GS-1 order after 8 months of waiting. Justin didn't respond to my emails either (although he...

Could someone please measure how tall their FUN is, including the feet? The Audio-GD site only specifies the footless height.

Quote: Originally Posted by Comfy Must be placebo. There's no way to scientifically prove that! Also I'm joking.

Have you tried applying vibration control to your keyboard? I'm currently only using basic brass spikes, but I've noticed a significant increase in my vocabulary and eloquence.

Quote: Originally Posted by Patrick82 http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...21be2e2788.jpg http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...158316ebac.jpg I see you're shielding your mouse and keyboard for fewer typos and more headshots. A wise choice.

Quote: Originally Posted by haloxt sound science (sound stupid) forum I see what you did there. ಠ_ಠ

Is this really relevant now that the two largest digital music stores are DRM free besides anti-distribution watermarking?

Quote: Originally Posted by linuxworks again, I don't understand why mpg is not the universal standard. probably because it works TOO WELL. the software industry can't have THAT. Which MPEG standard are you refering to? Moving Picture Experts Group - Wikipedia, the free...

Quote: Originally Posted by linuxworks actually, you don't NEED flash to view youtube. I don't have flash anywhere yet I can see youtube. You mean I can trade a working plugin that streams within the browser with a clunky command line script that requires me to copy paste the URL...

Your definition of cheap may vary, but if size is important have a look at the HeadAmp Pico DAC (Site, Thread). It's available in DAC-only, and also DAC+Amp if you would prefer an all-in-one device for portable use.

EDIT: Nevermind, it was a rouge Firefox extension. This thread can be deleted.

Quote: Originally Posted by joe_cool The obvious response is "use the ABX two tracks comparator" but that is no answer since the ABX tool creates copies of the two tracks on disk in a common format (PCM?) to run the comparison. All audio is converted to PCM before it's sent to...

It's widely accepted that high-end headphones have an enormous amount of quality headroom, and will almost always improve with superior amplification. However, I gather than the same is not true for amps and sources - past a certain point, an amp cannot reveal the extra detail from an improved...

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