Archimago and the TLS DS-1

[mansr]

@The Computer Audiophile, don't you think Albrecht's attacks on Archimago have gone far enough? Three pages of accusations as relentless as they are baseless is more than anyone should have to endure.

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11 minutes ago, jhwalker said:

How is Archimago's blog "anti-audiophile"?

Only in the GUTB sense.

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4 hours ago, Blackmorec said:

When one doesn’t believe

Things that go away when you stop believing in them are generally not real.

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1 minute ago, audiobomber said:

I refer to Peter Aczel, Arnie Kruger, and the rest of the Borg collective as anti-audiophiles because they constantly trash audiophiles. On anti-audiophile websites and message boards, the term "audiophile" is a pejorative, intended as an insult. Surely you don't deny this?

On the flip side, suppose Sal, plissken, and I are audiophiles. After all, we value good sound. Then people like you are the anti-audiophiles constantly trashing audiophiles.

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4 minutes ago, audiobomber said:

LOL! Good one, but no. 🤣

Are you saying that we don't value sound or that you're not trashing us? Either way, you'd be wrong.

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20 minutes ago, Paul R said:

Plenty of examples on all sides - green marker on CDs, jitter, IMD, and so on are all good examples of things found because the "loose goose" side said something just didn't sound right.

Hold on, are you saying there are still people who believe in the green marker?

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1 hour ago, Ralf11 said:

Anyone who has upgraded power supplies, added USB enhancement, installed vibration control under components, and uses audiophile cables without using DBTs is wasting their money and time.  They may think they are an audiophile but are not.  They are merely tweakers.

I have to disagree. They are audiophiles, albeit inefficient ones.

 

1 hour ago, Ralf11 said:

Anyone who has upgraded power supplies, added USB enhancement, installed vibration control under components, and uses audiophile cables while using DBTs to test or using measurements capable of showing a difference in sound quality IS an audiophile.  They will use inexpensive tweaks if they make sense w/out testing (conductive fluids on connectors); they will not do stupid things which could only work by magical means; they will test things that may be implausible but might work iff the likelihood of a payoff in SQ exceeds the work function of (time, money).

 

The former group is challenged by reality (see Archimago's work).  The latter group welcomes reality.

 

The former group has an open mind like a screen door in a submarine.  The latter group has an open mind like a scientist.

I have replaced the power supply in my Tascam interface. I have not done any blind listening tests. The reason I did it was to get rid of ultrasonic noise in recorded signals, mainly of benefit when using it for measurements.