Berkeley Alpha USB still relevant?

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1 hour ago, mansr said:

When you wrote that review, the cheaper devices didn't exist. Are you saying that, today, the Berkeley Alpha is worth the 10x higher price over the Schiit Eitr? That would be an opinion you're entitled to, but I don't think it unreasonable to disagree.

When he wrote that review, several cheaper devices existed. Berkeley was far from the first to market such a device, and theirs has always been one of the more expensive ones. 

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3 hours ago, plissken said:

I've never seen a professional photo shoot with a cell phone. Amir is a degreed EE, VP at Microsoft that oversaw ~1000 person team, including other engineers, is an authority in signal processing. His Curriculum Vitae clearly speaks for itself. 

 

Do you have a shred of evidence that he's not on sound footing. Remember even Alex and John Swenson had to admit he was correct on the LPS1 issues

Well, the iFi people basically implied he doesn't know how to use his measuring equipment properly. See their reaction to his measurements of their little PS. 

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35 minutes ago, mansr said:

The iFi people are basically arrogant jerks that throw insults at anyone who dares criticise their products. They even had a post by Archimago taken down on bogus copyright claims.

Whether they are arrogant or not (and I agree they sometimes are) has little to do with the validity of what they wrote about the proper way to use the Audio Precision device. Neither does the reaction to a post by Archimago. 

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On 7/11/2018 at 1:21 AM, Blake said:

 

To clarify, I think DSP is deactivated by default with Roon, so you have to turn on DSP if you want to play with it.  At least that is what I recall at the moment.  

Yes