Greg Erskine wrote:
> When I was a kid there were pyramids you could buy to keep your razor
> blades sharp. What happened to pyramid power?
>
> Has this advanced technology been used in audio?
'Nagra PSA (Pyramid Stereo Amplifier)'
(http://www.tonepublications.com/review/nagra-psa-amplifier/)
Even the audiophile music sharing site What.CD seems to have succumbed
to the "truthiness trumps engineering sense" malaise.
'The Register: Audiophile torrent site What.CD fully pwnable thanks to
wrecked RNG'
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/02/what_cd_security_flaw/http://)
“They are
badboygolf16v wrote:
> I doubt very much you would be able to hear the difference between any
> of the digital outs.
And if you can hear a diffence between 24/96 and 24/192, the
implementation of your DAC isn't very good...
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In
jfo wrote:
> The same is true of speakers and cables. You have simple, ordinary wire
> inside the source components and amp, then mega $$ speaker cable, then
> back to ordinary 14 or 16ga wire running from the crossovers to the
> individual speakers, typically using simple slide on spade
Mnyb wrote:
> Can you get discount at audioquest I want thier cat 6 cable from Tidals
> servers to my home , now they start to stream MQA :P
Sure, no problem, I am sure they do give a discount once you buy more
than 10 miles of cable. :)
"To try to judge the real from the false will always
arnyk wrote:
> Agreed. Unfortuntely this has opened the inner sanctum of network wiring
> and management hardware to the golden ears, and they have already
> trashed it up with golden network cables and magical IP-related
> hardware.
At some point I will start selling audiophile-grade routers
Fizbin wrote:
> Not only does cheap in-wall wiring render expensive power cords useless
> but so does the first six inches of cable inside some A/V PLAYERS, like
> this Oppo Blu-ray player.
Ah, but A/V players are not real hi-fi. :)
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be
arnyk wrote:
> With the exception of some tiny niches that are pandering to the
> audiophile world, pro audio has been as digital as conveniently possible
> for years if not decades.
Indeed. I guess the latest step is going all IP/network instead of
"traditional" audio connection standards.
ralphpnj wrote:
> Not only all digital but all PCM digital. No DSD.
Of course - as DSD is useless in the studio. It has to be converted to
PCM to be processed or mixed, and then back to DSD if that is the way
you want to store/issue it.
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be
ralphpnj wrote:
> And all of these are fairly well understood electrical properties not
> magic and not voodoo, as they are often portrayed in the audiophile
> press.
And the pro audio world has pretty much solved these issues - which is,
I guess, why audiophiles hate pro audio. Of course pro
ralphpnj wrote:
> As we all know the above will NEVER EVER happen.
No, it could well happen - only to "prove" that measurements don't tell
the whole story.
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid
What keeps amazing me is the boundless optimism of audiophiles.
Rather incredible claim A shown to be false or fake.
Rather incredible claim B shown to be false or fake.
Rather incredible claim C shown to be false or fake.
Rather incredible claim D shown to be false or fake.
Rather incredible
'Nordost and AXPONA Demo Questions - By Mark Waldrep'
(http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=5656)
'Nordost Demo MysteriesÂ…Solved! Part II'
(http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=5659)
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery
pablolie wrote:
> the writing is good.
As far as fiction goes, yes. :)
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953
epoch1970 wrote:
> I'd rather use a microphone. Then you'd be free to use any old
> gramophone to control your stereo. And if you could sing the song,
> perhaps the Pi could recognize that too, just in case the gramo breaks
> down. Success!?
Great idea! Perhaps leave a recorder or harmonica
epoch1970 wrote:
> I had an idea that a coffee table book, one album per page with a
> printed bar code to play or add to the playlist would be a nice,
> relaxed, and nearly offline interface to LMS.
> Having experienced an intolerable amount of pain achieving mass
> generation of reasonably
cliveb wrote:
> One other thing. Sometimes I'll be in the middle of listening to one
> album and another album pops into my head that I want to hear next. It
> may be related, but other times nothing at all to do with the current
> one. From then on, while I still want to hear the rest of the
garym wrote:
> I'd say no, you haven't missed anything. Perhaps the idea that it is a
> server that is agnostic to many different player endpoints but is
> fortunately NOT generic/not useful DLNA.
But you are still at the mercy of a provider of a proprietary system. :(
"To try to judge the
Mnyb wrote:
> Interesting is it any good? This AES67?
It is pretty good for what it was designed for, audio-over-IP
interoperability - "The aim was emphatically not to provide the
structure for a new, comprehensive media distribution system". Developed
by a committee, but pretty much following
audiomuze wrote:
> 'RAAT (Roon Advanced Audio Transport)' (https://kb.roonlabs.com/RAAT)
Ouch, so yet another proprietary solution. Too bad.
Fortunately at least the pro world seems to be going AES67 architecture
so that we are not dependent on single-vendor proprietary protocols.
"To try
audiomuze wrote:
> Roon 1.2, incorporating full Linux/x64 and Linux/armv7hf support (as
> Music Server and as transport/ endpoint), Internet Radio, iPhone and
> Android apps and synchronised playback across all endpoints grouped into
> a zone (regardless of whether it's a DAC, an AVR etc. etc..
Mnyb wrote:
> It's funny how many audiophiles thinks the DAC's have some magical
> properties like they where like the pickup on your vinyl player having a
> distinct sonic signature.
I guess part of the problem is that a lot of audiophiles belong to a
generation that got into the hobby back in
docbob wrote:
> Good point. But isn't that true for many people on _all_ sides of _any_
> argument?
>
> And since we want to display the benefit of rational thought with
> reliable evidence, shouldn't we be extra vigilant to ensure that those
> who share our beliefs/knowledge not defend our
adamdea wrote:
> This reminds me of the alleged flaw in Meyer and Moran that some of the
> "favourite sacds" were actually upsampled red book. Ok so hirez may
> actually be distinguishable from 16/44 because some of the files which
> were thought to be hirez, but were actually indistinguishable
arnyk wrote:
> IME it is more likely that the *patient* lacks the listening skill and
> test environment that would allow him to actually know whether the UUT
> is *working* or not. 2 words: Sighted Evaluatioin.
Sure, but my point was also about the tendency to ignore or deny any
contrary
Archimago wrote:
> But the snake oil salesmen are selling things that not only didn't work
> for the "ailment" but the contents even taste just like water, chemical
> analysis shows us it's water, although packaged in a nice medicine
> bottle.
But the problem with snake oil is that occasionally
Mnyb wrote:
> These charlatans lives of the confusing of actual recording quality with
> high bitrates are impressive sample formats .
> It the easy thing to provide . To provide actual good soundquality is
> hard and takes some effort .
But... But... Larger numbers are better, right? :)
"To
DJanGo wrote:
> Long Time ago a german Computer Magazin (CT) did a big Test with 100reds
> of People if the hear a difference between mp3 and Wav. There was a
> minor group of People who always gets them right.
> All theses People have a minor issue with their ears (20% on the left or
> right
Wombat wrote:
> Over the years i was in contact with several persons on the internet and
> exchanged samples of typical faults of mp3 coding. There was only one
> person i know that heard all defects possible. Me for example found some
> sandpaper or chirping noise many people simply missed
Archimago wrote:
> As usual, without decent quality control the whole hi-res thing is a
> fail
Really? Why would you need quality control when everyone will hear a
night and day difference between "hi-res" and red book? :)
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
ralphpnj wrote:
> Meanwhile bluetooth speakers are still selling like crazy and lossy
> streaming is becoming the preferred way to listen to music.
While the hipsters have already moved on from vinyl to cassette tape.
:)
> High end audio may be winning some battles but they are clearly losing
mlsstl wrote:
> I think the fundamental irony is that subjectivists refuse to admit the
> psychological influence of their own subjectivity!
I guess "subjectivist" isn't really an accurate label - "solipsist",
"egotist" or "egocentric" might be better.
"To try to judge the real from the
ralphpnj wrote:
> Just as there will always be a demand for hand built wristwatches in
> spite of cheaper and more accurate electronic watches and a demand of
> film based SLR cameras in spite of cheaper digital SLR cameras, there
> will always be a demand of fancy, hand built boutique audio
bpa wrote:
> Check out the Elcaset for those where size matters.
Don't remind me - still angry at myself for getting rid of my Elcaset
deck and 25 cassettes...
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a
bpa wrote:
> They obviously haven't seen the RX-505 - lotso of knobs button controls
> and a autoreverse mechanism which flipped the cassette.
But no brass or imitation wood...
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the
Jeff07971 wrote:
> Good maybe I'll be able to sell my Nakamichi now !
Not sure - I think the hipster crowd are more into walkmans and
ghettoblasters...
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid
I think we saw it coming. I am glad it is all about audio quality
'Cassettes roll back into fashion: Format follows vinyl with huge boost
in sales after acts start releasing albums on tape'
Archimago wrote:
> Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic, but I do think the tide is
> turning... Probably has been turning for awhile.
As far as audio goes, I think it has turned - long ago. And turned the
silent majority away from anything that even vaguely smells of "hi-fi"
or "high end".
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ralphpnj wrote:
> I can name another group where 99% of the "information" and"knowledge"
> is just nonsense and lies - The US Republican party. Just a tad bit more
> important than high end audio, although the Republicans do follow almost
> the exact playbook as high end audio.
Not going to
ralphpnj wrote:
> Now that gravitational waves have been detected how long before their
> adverse effects on audio will be noted along a solution to repair those
> adverse effects?
Appropriately the 'Real HD Audio blog of Mark Waldrep'
(http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=5574) had this pearl
audiomuze wrote:
> far as I'm concerned people that fall victim to that nonsense are
> audiophools, seemingly incapable of exercising critical thinking.
Not true. They are definitely very critical against any criticism.
Confirmation and group bias are rather strong influences.
"To try to
Unfortunately facts tend to be useless against faith.
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953
darrenyeats wrote:
> I'm arguing vinyl transcription reverses extreme compression, somehow,
> so that would be consistent with my view.
Any suggestion of what the mechanism would be? Pretty much all the
non-linearities of the vinyl path would cause *more* compression - but
as has been pointed
cliveb wrote:
> So the LP master is commonly derived from the already hypercompressed
> "master master", because from an artistic viewpoint that is how it's
> supposed to sound. Sad but true. That's also why modern remastered CDs
> routinely sound worse than the original 1980s release - because
darrenyeats wrote:
> "Expand your mind (the rest will follow)"! Such a device can only make
> sense in the situation where a signal has been compressed and you are
> reversing this process. I'm certain this process will be far from
> perfect, but nevertheless expansion is "A Thing".
>
> I
browellm wrote:
> ftfy.
Point taken :)
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953
browellm wrote:
> Hi Clive
>
> I'm aware of the artefacts that fool the DR database into reporting
> higher DR, but I can only offer my subjective impressions of owning both
> the digital and vinyl versions of many pop and indie new releases and
> the vinyl sounds way more dynamic. Now I
R1200CL wrote:
> Those few hi-res I've purchased from HD-Tracks did sound better than CD
> to me.
As I have been pointing out, HDTracks is a great double-blind test. Many
of their early offerings (especially earlier on) were upsampled from
44.1 kHz material - but seems nobody really detected
Archimago wrote:
> Rather the lack of critical thinking is of greater concern...
And unfortunately that is in no way limited to audio :(
> Having said that, who knows, maybe we're just jaded and battle weary
> from the few "extremist subjective audiophiles" who also tend to be very
> vocal on
Great work as usual!
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953
ralphpnj wrote:
> I guess that my sarcasm doesn't come through via text. In others words,
> my original question, "does MQA work with DSD files?" was meant as a
> joke.
That is what I assumed, but just wanted to make clear why it was not a
meaningful question. :)
"To try to judge the real
R1200CL wrote:
> It has been stated from MQA that DSD is not part of the MQA chain.
And the whole MQA process is based on PCM files. Not compatible with
DSD. Or, rather, DSD is not really compatible with anything that
requires processing.
"To try to judge the real from the false will always
Mnyb wrote:
> Touch's 24 bit volume control is not dithered but the steps are cleverly
> chosen so it does not really manifest before you get to really low
> volumes , where it probably won't matter anyway.
In addition to that, any real-world material contains enough noise to
make it
darrenyeats wrote:
> I can't think of a more apt place than the Logitech Audiophiles forum to
> place such an ad, and unless you can, then how about move the discussion
> to another thread.
I agree it is a very apt place for such an ad, but if I placed an ad
here for some gear I was selling, I
JJZolx wrote:
> Thread crapping at its finest.
"Thread crapping" seems to be a favourite term among a certain crowd
that don't like their faith to be questioned - a mild form of "if you
run out of reasonable arguments, at least try to discredit your opponent
somehow".
"To try to judge the
JJZolx wrote:
> This wasn't an audio discussion, you moron -- it was a "For Sale".
Stage 2 of "Audiophile debating 101": "If opponent makes you look
stupid, resort to ad hominem and call him/her names".
Looking forward to Stage 3, "call to ban trolls".
"To try to judge the real from the
JJZolx wrote:
> Note that no discussion has taken place, despite the trolling from the
> usual idiots.
We do have to thank you for your meaningful contributions and insights.
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the
JJZolx wrote:
> What the fuck is wrong you you people??
Ah, insults and profanity. Interesting side step.
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" - Paul W
pablolie wrote:
> I'd rather spend money on my wine and motorcycle collection. :-D
Indeed. Especially with the wine collection it is a major struggle -
mine tends to shrink rather than grow. And right now I am concentrating
on keeping the bikes actually running, instead of adding yet more... :)
SuperQ wrote:
> Basically, tubes completely suck at being good rectifiers.
Indeed. There is a reason that rectifiers were the first tubes to be
replaced (even in tube amps) as soon as semiconductor rectifiers became
available.
> But, given the good PSU design of the Transporter, I'm guessing
scp2 wrote:
> The tube output stage features an internal, tube rectified power supply
> based on the technology from ModWright preamplifiers.
Just out of curiosity, what benefit is there from using tube rectifiers?
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
scp2 wrote:
> It provides a fuller richer sound. Less fatigue...more like an analog
> signal(LP). It doesn't color the soundseems more lifelike.
And what actual physical property of the valve rectifier would cause
those effects, and how?
"To try to judge the real from the false will
ralphpnj wrote:
> While the bass may be solid the highs are very sibilant with lots of
> hiss.
But that is good, old-fashioned analog hiss.
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that
ralphpnj wrote:
> I was thinking of a "wetter" kind of hiss, more like that of an old
> steam heat radiator.
That is what I was assuming. What can be more analog than that fluid,
rounded sound of heated water vapour escaping? So much more organic than
the crude, edgy "digital" sound created by
ralphpnj wrote:
> I hope that the steam powered turntable is using triple distilled RO
> water, any other water would just add a graininess to the sound from the
> trace minerals in the water.
Oh no, you really need to buy the special mono-molecule audiophile water
from a tibetan mountain
SBGK wrote:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSiVWkk5zaQ
Yes - that link and more from 'the full story'
(http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/2010/11/30/a-steam-punk-record-player).
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the
cliveb wrote:
> As usual, generally insightful comments from Archimago. I do however
> have one minor nit to pick...
>
> I suspect your definitions of tier1 and tier2 would encourage the
> continued use of excessive dynamic range compression for tier1.
> Meanwhile, if a mastering with natural
The ultimate vinyl-o-phile record player, for the truly hipster
audiophile. We all know steam gives more solid bass.
'steam powered record player'
(http://www.asciimation.co.nz/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem_itemId=877).
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be
sdiesel77 wrote:
> Reopening this thread as still no answer found
> Any idea how to make TT3 work on USB?
I think the consensus is that TT3 doesn't work very well together with
EDO. Why would you need TT3 anyway?
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
Archimago wrote:
> Couldn't help myself but to post up something to counter Atkinson's
> recent offering in Stereophile for the end of 2015 :-).
Seems he still lives in 1985. Or 1975. :)
> Have a great 2016 ahead!
You too!
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In
rkrug wrote:
> I am SURE that headphones with whatever features will not kill the 2/0
> audio system.
No, but they would have killed social listening, if smartphones hadn't
done it already...
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high
Takes me back to '1995' (http://www.langston.com/Papers/2332.pdf).
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953
It can now be done automatically, by 'a cloud service'
(http://www.cloudbounce.com/).
Listening to pretty much any recent pop music record, I suspect it has
been done by a computer for quite a while...
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of
Mnyb wrote:
> Why ? I for once dislike all pseudosience it is not harmless , it
> actually does great harm to society if you look closer.
Indeed. OK, it is not quite as bad as the homeopathic cancer cures, but
our society doesn't need even more of the "science is just an opinion,
it is what
Fizbin wrote:
> You guys have WAY too much time on your hands.
If you are interested in understanding high-end audio, studying how and
why some people have a need to believe pseudoscience, voodoo and BS is a
much better use of your time than fiddling around with silver cables and
superfluous
Archimago wrote:
> It looks like folks just stopped experimenting with OS optimizations,
> playback software and silver cables awhile back... More time to consider
> other academic pursuits!
Fortunately there is always the 'New Age Bullshit Generator'
(http://sebpearce.com/bullshit/) - clearly
arnyk wrote:
> some cases where the connection is balanced but there is a galvanic
> connection might bear mentioning
Indeed. Balanced does not automatically imply galvanically isolated.
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity'
arnyk wrote:
> Why are we sure that the paper itself is not an example of this problem?
A case of circular irony?
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" -
'\"On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit\"'
(http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15923a/jdm15923a.pdf)
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" -
cliveb wrote:
> Does true galvanic isolation also require a break in the signal
> connections? If so, I have learned something.
True galvanic isolation is just that - true isolation, where there is no
direct electric (galvanic) connection between the two devices. Done
using isolation
Are you judging it without having actually heard it? Remember, you have
to keep an open mind and trust your ears! And Believe. Otherwise
Tinkerbell dies...
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid
Mnyb wrote:
> ( besides the fact that any nearby industry had this for decades )
The high-end audio is very good at ignoring 100 years of scientific
research, knowledge and progress.. :)
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high
pippin wrote:
> What's best is: the thing in the picture is just a standard Kingston
> 16GB USB stick for 7.50 quid or so.
> They didn't even take the effort to re-brand it, it still says "Kingston
> DT Micro" on the image
Yes, nice profit margin (goes back to the discussion about profit
cliveb wrote:
> While it is true that balanced doesn't really offer any noise immunity
> advantages over the short runs we use in a domestic setup, I strongly
> believe that the galvanic isolation it provides is worthwhile.
Balanced doesn't necessarily provide any galvanic isolation, unless it
Wombat wrote:
> At CA USB stick sound is common knowledge.
Well, yes, at CA it is also common knowledge that living organisms are
too complex to have evolved naturally, and that the pyramids were built
by space aliens. :)
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
DJanGo wrote:
>
> @Julf
> Thats our german TV police officer and he has plenty to do
>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn7HTMN8vK0
> The Spot about a One Hit Wonder that now sells a box with some shiny
> things in it... for just 299 euro bucks.
>
>
That expl
darrenyeats wrote:
> When I connected my Touch directly to my SCM50s I found it a bit
> "stunted" at the frequency extremes
How did you determine that? Usually a high output impedance causes a
slight drop in high *or* low frequencies depending on the configuration
of the amp it is driving, but
wortgefecht wrote:
> Gee, where do you find all this stuff?!
Somehow it seems to find me despite me trying to hide from it :)
In this case, someone sent me an email seriously asking me if I thought
it might be a good idea to try it on his DSP system. I almost broke my
keyboard with my
What? The 'Altmann Tube-O-Lator Lacquer'
(http://www.altmann.haan.de/tubeolator/default.htm) didn't make the
list?
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" -
Jeff07971 wrote:
> OMFG !!! "The Altmann Tube-o-lator lacquer is an overtone-filter
> coating-compound for plastic semiconductor packages."
>
> Think it would be better applied to eardrums
Now, now... Have you actually tried the product? Remember that
everything matters and that you need to
pippin wrote:
> It's not part of the server, it's part of SqueezePlay. You need to
> download the SqueezePlay source code.
> The server doesn't contain any client-side code, the firmware is just
> used as complete bundle packages and even these are only downloaded at
> runtime.
>
> The code is
darrenyeats wrote:
> Dither is still the correct way to do volume control ...!
It is not always the correct way. Dither adds noise. It should only be
used under the right conditions, when we know the added noise is a
smaller degradation than the truncation noise.
> I have no confidence that
Remember the old adage of how the ideal audio component is like a piece
of wire - doesn't add anything, doesn't subtract anything? Well, seems
Synergistic Research (yes, them again) have managed to produce exactly
that.
The latest Audioxpress magazine has an article about making audio
darrenyeats wrote:
> Dither adds noise around the LSB (least significant bit) in this case
> 24th bit. But truncation adds distortion (very non-harmonic at that)
> around the same level. Noise is far more benign than any type of
> distortion, let alone non-harmonic distortion.
But that
Archimago wrote:
> Yes. Pseudoscience can only grow and perpetuate when faith can be
> maintained.
And...
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d6jg wrote:
> The UCA202 is a great value for money device. I use one to "rip" my
> vinyl to FLAC.
Indeed - 16/48 is perfect for vinyl.
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will
d6jg wrote:
> The UCA202 is a great value for money device.
Absolutely! But because it is cheap and has a cheap-looking plastic box,
it isn't "audiophile quality". :)
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will
d6jg wrote:
> Unfortunately it doesn't actually need the analogue power supply (OTT or
> otherwise) as its powered off the USB.
Ah, but that is just theory. Theory can't explain everything. Have you
actually *listened* to it yourself with an analog power supply? :)
"To try to judge the real
d6jg wrote:
> Has it got a power socket? I thought not. Or do you mean coupling with a
> powered USB hub with a fancy supply? $4,500 in that case.
It doesn't need a power socket. Everybody knows that just having a
linear power supply in the same enclosure improves the sound. ;)
"To try to
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