Sound Science Corner Pub

[JRG1990]

Why do the golden ear crowd like such pricey badly engineered low fidelity gear like
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-measurements-of-audio-gd-r2r11-dac-amp.5779/
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...d-nfb-27-38-dac-and-headphone-amplifier.2486/

The audio-gd gear is very popular here but performs so poorly.

 

[taffy2207]

Because Audiophiles are fooled into believing that if it costs a lot, it's better.

 

[FactoryStock]

Happy New Year, guys!

Say... I always keep reading and coming across this particular term: "extension".
Bass extension, treble extension, etc. I have trouble figuring out what it means, whether it be
1. how the note is sustained, or whether it's how
2. bass instruments don't only reside in bass region, but also across the entire audible spectrum, and ditto for treble-based instruments.

Is #2 the correct definition?
Like say, with extremely rolled-off or absent treble in a headphone, bass instruments still won't sound real/correct as they do in real life (lacking upper end region)?
And likewise without bass/sub-bass, violins also wouldn't sound right (lacking lower end region)?

Am I close?

 

[castleofargh]

Happy New Year, guys!

Say... I always keep reading and coming across this particular term: "extension".
Bass extension, treble extension, etc. I have trouble figuring out what it means, whether it be
1. how the note is sustained, or whether it's how
2. bass instruments don't only reside in bass region, but also across the entire audible spectrum, and ditto for treble-based instruments.

Is #2 the correct definition?
Like say, with extremely rolled-off or absent treble in a headphone, bass instruments still won't sound real/correct as they do in real life (lacking upper end region)?
And likewise without bass/sub-bass, violins also wouldn't sound right (lacking lower end region)?

Am I close?

to me extension is just a way to say "not rolled off", or "not as rolled off as the other gear".

 

[bigshot]

It means that the range of frequencies are wider. The headphones are capable of reproducing lower lows and higher highs. In the middle it's just the same.

 

[taffy2207]

Someone needs to invent an Audiofool DAP with all the bangs & Whistles and flowery language in the marketing to entice Audiofools into buying that explodes when they turn it on. Seriously, I feel Nuking them is the only answer.

The inmates have officially taken over the Asylum. Voices of balanced opinion and reason are forever feeling more and more muted, subdued or drowned out on the general forums, buried by the endless Group think and shouting down by the rousing brainwashed Audiofool Clans as they go into battle with their blunted Tools of misinformed Marketing Spiel, Audiofoolery & personal bias.

Thank you Sound Science for this Safe Haven. I don't say much but I read, I digest and I learn.

Sorry I needed to vent, at least it was mildly Poetic. Feel free to giggle and point in my direction.

I've been Tee Total for 27 years, Someone buy me a Drink.

My head hurts

 

[castleofargh]

thought I'd share this deep introspective story we can all relate to, from the fact and science website, the Onion:
https://www.theonion.com/it-s-not-an-easy-thing-to-admit-when-you-re-wrong-and-1831546390

 

[bigshot]

It's even harder when you say stupid things on the internet!

 

[Steve999]

I am ready to play @castleofargh at chess, on chess.com I guess. Odds are he will win. If he makes a mistake worth a bishop or knight I may win. I think I played on chess.com once. So I will have to figure out how I got on there, etc. @castleofargh has already said that if I win he will say I cheated but he will probably win. If he loses and says I cheated I will call him a scoundrel. I am terrible with openings too, like he says he is, so he need not worry about that. Memorizing openings is boring.

 

[Glmoneydawg]

I am ready to play @castleofargh at chess, on chess.com I guess. Odds are he will win. If he makes a mistake worth a bishop or knight I may win. I think I played on chess.com once. So I will have to figure out how I got on there, etc. @castleofargh has already said that if I win he will say I cheated but he will probably win. If he loses and says I cheated I will call him a scoundrel. I am terrible with openings too, like he says he is, so he need not worry about that. Memorizing openings is boring.

Playing down your skill level is a pretty smart opening

 

[bfreedma]

Playing down your skill level is a pretty smart opening

Rumor has it that Steve’s real last name is Kasparov...

 

[castleofargh]

lol. talk about making a mountain out of nothing. @Steve999 you should be an event organizer, you know how to get the crowd interested even in something as dull as a random chess game so you could probably sell anything.
give me you nickname on chess.com, that could help find you ^_^. and do you want to start with white? I believe there is an option to chose or let it be random(at least there was, back in 1750 last time I tried to play with a buddy).

 

[bfreedma]

lol. talk about making a mountain out of nothing. @Steve999 you should be an event organizer, you know how to get the crowd interested even in something as dull as a random chess game so you could probably sell anything.
give me you nickname on chess.com, that could help find you ^_^. and do you want to start with white? I believe there is an option to chose or let it be random(at least there was, back in 1750 last time I tried to play with a buddy).

Will there be a broadcast of the game on Head-Fi? Now that would be pressure.

The 2019 Winter Head-Fi Sound Science Chess Championship. Mysterious Modo vs. Sandbagging Steve

 

[castleofargh]

Will there be a broadcast of the game on Head-Fi? Now that would be pressure.

The 2019 Winter Head-Fi Sound Science Chess Championship. Mysterious Modo vs. Sandbagging Steve

available on VOD Jan 19, right after UFC fight night: Cejudo VS Dillashaw. I suspect ESPN will also broadcast this chess game at a later date in prime time as it's a pretty big event.

 

[Steve999]

lol. talk about making a mountain out of nothing. @Steve999 you should be an event organizer, you know how to get the crowd interested even in something as dull as a random chess game so you could probably sell anything.
give me you nickname on chess.com, that could help find you ^_^. and do you want to start with white? I believe there is an option to chose or let it be random(at least there was, back in 1750 last time I tried to play with a buddy).

Let's choose who gets black and who gets white randomly. All of my other moves are random anyway.