USB improvement gadgets - a survey

[fas42]

A cursory look at some "solutions" for USB makes it clear to me why there is such a struggle - major holes in the implementation of the circuits allow SQ anomalies in, with ease.

 

Which is not the same thing as not being able to engineer a good solution - just being more thorough, particular about the whole pathway would do the job - and there should be units out there that have it all ... just need to track down the ones that get it right.

 

[fas42]

Sounds familiar ... .

 

Sometimes which ingredients and how to combine them, which eliminates a key lacking in the sound can be very hard to determine - the key thought to carry in one's brain is that no matter how good the sound is at a particular time, that it is always possible to improve it, sometimes dramatically so. The hard work is usually to track down the culprit holding the quality back; can be an extremely frustrating exercise.

[fas42]

Maybe, because it's closer to the actual sounds on the recording .... Nahhh!! Everyone knows recording engineers are hopeless, and the equipment they use is shite - our brilliant hifi rigs expose how dreadful their efforts are, ruthlessly - as it should be ...

[fas42]

Ahhh, the lust for 'measurements' continues, unabated, . The ears are doing the "real measuring", and that will remain so until someone eventually nails a full set of criteria for truly, objectively evaluating an audio system. Floundering around in the meantime, playing with rulers for the sake of jotting down numbers on paper will please some - but solve very little...