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Well, "audiophile" has become more of an insult to me...all those moronic sites like computeraudiophile.com have ruined the term IMO. Let's replace it by "audioholic" if you don't mind, this I am...most definitely!
so, let's see:
-all the ppl rolling opamps are on meth, right? the differences are placebo huh?
You're trying to make it sound like insulting people. I'm not, but I would say a good many instances are indeed placebo. First roll some opamps, level match them, and then DBT. I've done DBT on quite a few solid state amps, and as long as they were of the same quality (nothing horrendously wrong or out of the normal) I couldn't tell a difference.
This is same with lots of amps. If solid state amps with entirely different topologies, transistors, layouts can sound the same . . . I fail to see (or hear in this case too) why an opamp should be any different if it's being properly utilized. If you're using it wrong then there could be issues. For example, an opamp that doesn't put out enough current needs buffers while another one may not.
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-did you compare different cables on headphones? did you recable headphones, ever? did you try say a K701/HD650 w/ different cables? do you honestly believe that all the ppl who hear differences in cables are clueless? or let's say more credule than you?
There's no example of a true DBT that shows cables making a difference except on a phono cartridge at extremely long lengths. I've tried various interconnects myself, but never noticed a difference compared to a set of monoprice RCA cables. Of course you can just accuse me of being tin eared, but they (cable believers) have yet to prove they're golden eared.
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I'm not saying cables would make a drastic difference on speakers in a non-controlled room w/o room EQ...but on headphones, except if you're deaf you will hear differences(and the SQ improvement doesn't have anything to do w/ the price...I clearly agree that the markups are unjustified in the cable world).
As I expected, you've jumped to slander my hearing. Congrats, you've proven my point.
No matter what others say you can denounce them based on their hearing - while never actually proving yours. It's such a disgusting practice.
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-so all the ppl hearing differences between S/PDIF interfaces are also prone to placebo? I presume you'd be happy w/ your realtek coax output? it'd be as good as a m2tech hiface, right? all the talk at the end of this white paper about clock accuracy is bs, right?
Thanks for putting words in my mouth - again. I wouldn't classify realtek as a particularly good solution as they're known to have measurement issues. However, many other consumer grade modern interfaces do relatively well with jitter getting to levels where audibility is heavily debated.
Also - everyone IS prone to placebo - even skeptics.
I believe clock accuracy is important, the question is to what degree. Since I don't want to have to worry about it I have a good DAC that handles it well. Same with Benchmark owners. Do we necessarily hear the improvement? Not necessarily - but if you question it you can take the fly out with a sledgehammer anyway.
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some soundcards don't output spot-on frequencies, they just don't: http://hifiduino.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-are-clocks-generated-in-musiland.html
I don't believe I commented on soundcards at all. Once again, cart before the horse much? Also, you're link references sampling rate issues caused by drivers if I'm reading this right. What was the point exactly?
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-did you compare Reclock and foobar? on your K601?
No, but it's already rather pointless. Even if I did a DBT and it showed a null you could accuse me of tin ears or being deaf again. It's up to the believers to provide evidence, not the other way around.
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-did you actually compare opamps? are all those "facts" of yours based on real world field experience? or are you just full of certitudes based on what you read on the web?
I've used various opamp based amps - once again rolling has rarely made a difference beyond loudness or whether something did or didn't clip.
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many ppl feel so smart and proud of themselves by "debunking" myths...but my honest advice would be to not fall into excess, doing your homework, and not taking anything for granted...and let us know how it went
The problem is you have to take some things at face values or you'll be trapped in redundancy going absolutely no-where.
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I still rest my case that many things in audio cannot be measured...let's say the holy "PRaT", this guy tried to explain why the PRaT sucks on that phone:
PRaT at its core (if it weren't an made-up audiophile term) would be based on transients. Of course we can measure this, but heaven forbid the believers trust the results.