Arniesb
Headphoneus Supremus
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Humans are not perfect and its hard to hear big difference in quick swaps. Much better is to listen gear week or more and then comeback to lesser gear and it will be easy to notice what is missing.What I liked about the review is he had it hooked up in a way where you didn't need to swap out cables or anything.
He had both DAC's receiving the exact same music file from the same computer, the exact same optical signal, using the same rca cables to the same thx 789 amp going to the exact same headphones.
I am no expert, according to my last hearing test 2 months ago, my hearing is above average for a 35 year old.
What I do know is that he eliminated any major margin for error by using the setup he has. I doubt anybody on here would bother going through that much effort to do an A/B test. His testing methodology is as close to perfect we could expect from someone outside of a lab environment.
I will never be able to afford a Chord product, but ****, if I can get something comparable for $200, why not. I am in this for the enjoyment of music, not to look at numbers and charts. As long as it sounds good, I don't care.
At least the guy is honest and transparent with his opinions and how he does things.
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