For those new to some of our discussions here over the years, here are a few links over the years which I've tried to provide evidence for and thoughts I wanted people to consider. I've tried to maintain a general structure in mind of topics to address, many of which are contemporaneous with where the Industry is going or products it wants to promote:
'*MP3 (high bitrate) vs. FLAC blind test*' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/02/high-bitrate-mp3-internet-blind-test_3422.html) - MP3 320kbps appears to be just as good even to audiophiles with $$$ gear! *The beginnings of device measurements:* 'Squeezebox Touch' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/02/measurements-logitech-squeezebox-touch.html), 'Transporter' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/02/measurements-logitech-transporter.html), 'NOS DAC' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/02/measurements-muse-mini-tda1543x4-nos.html), 'Playstation 1' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/03/measurements-sony-playstation-1-scph.html) *The beginnings of looking at the "dreaded jitter" :-)* - 'Adaptive vs. Asynchronous USB' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/03/measurements-adaptive-aune-x1.html), 'USB cables (making no difference) ' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/04/measurements-usb-cables-for-dacs.html) *Cable measurements *(USB, TosLink, Coaxial, HDMI, ethernet, Synergistic power cable, Crystal Cable, interconnects...) - 'summarized here' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/06/musings-audio-cables-summary-non.html); notice also philosophical discussions *Audio playback software* - no, they make no difference! 'On Windows' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/06/measurements-part-i-bit-perfect.html), 'on Mac OS X' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/05/measurements-bit-perfect-audiophile.html) *Windows OS tweaks... *'No difference either from stuff like JPLAY and Fidelizer' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/08/measurements-audiophile-sound-and.html). *Audio lossless compression* - 'lossless is lossless' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/05/measurements-do-lossless-compressed.html) :-) On the fact that 'many SACD's are just upsamples' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/07/list-suspected-44-or-48khz-pcm.html) to remind folks that we should *treat "high res" with caution*. *Explorations in vinyl playback* and time domain performance compared to digital. ('Digital' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2014/09/measurements-digital-audio-and.html)) ('Technics SL-1200' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2014/08/measurements-technics-sl-1200-m3d-wow.html)) ('Roksan TMS' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2014/11/measurements-roksan-tms-1-wow-flutter.html)) *Various philosophical discussions:* 'Passion/Audiophilia/Faith/Money' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2014/12/musings-passion-audiophilia-faith-and.html), 'Vinyl vs. Digital' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/02/musings-ongoing-vinyl-vs-digital-debate.html), 'Objectivism vs. Subjectivism' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/03/musings-audiophiles-us-vs-them.html), 'convenience/lossy/societal trends/worsening quality' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2016/08/musings-convenience-lossy-audio.html), 'wisdom of simplicity in hi-res ' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/12/musings-wisdom-of-simplicity-re-hi-res.html) *"Basics"* of 'thinking about High Resolution Audio' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/01/musings-what-is-value-of-high.html), 'value of 176/192kHz?' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2016/06/musings-analysis-is-there-any-value-to.html), 'limitations of human hearing' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/10/musings-meditations-on-limitations-of.html), 'do we need >20kHz?' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2017/04/musings-do-we-need-those-20khz.html) *Digital filters:* 'Linear vs. Minimal phase blind test' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/07/the-linear-vs-minimum-phase-upsampling.html), 'basics of it' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2016/07/musings-digital-interpolation-filters.html) *USB "noise":* 'USB hubs' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/05/measurements-usb-hubs-and-8khz-phy.html), 'using Corning optical USB cable' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/05/measurements-corning-usb-3-optical.html) *Pono:* 'general comments' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/01/last-words-on-pono-mastering-analysis.html), 'Player itself' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/08/measurements-ponoplayer-another-mans.html) The power of *DSP room correction*: 'First time' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/09/measurements-sound-room-update-digital.html)... 'Second time' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2016/05/updated-room-measurements-musings-on.html)... *Computer Audio:* 'Part I' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2017/03/musings-computer-audio-part-i.html), 'Part II' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2017/03/musings-computer-audio-part-ii-basics.html) *Inexpensive audio streaming these days:* Using 'ODROID C2' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2016/05/measurements-odroid-c2-with-volumio-2.html) and 'Raspberry Pi 3' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2017/01/measurements-raspberry-pi-3-as-usb.html). '\"Touch\" player' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2017/03/howto-building-and-installing-raspberry.html). *MQA:* many posts 'beginning here' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/01/musings-miscellanies-on-audio-encoding.html). 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