Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro MQA

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1 hour ago, bilboda said:

SBAF is just fine with me. AtomicBob is an accomplished engineer with decades in the industry. Marv confounds me and then astounds me. There are many others who regularly provide good info.It's generally a fun stable experience that doesn't like to waste time on chatter except in threads where it's all about chatter. The matrix was well received there for subjective reasons. It's rare to see mention of DSD. I am probably not the only one using Miska's software but I rarely see it mentioned. Schiit yes, likely influenced by good cheap gear and mfr participation. Due to it's policy about staying on topic and relevant, it is easy to acquire good information without dealing with superfluous talk about everything under the sun. When I want more info, I come here, when I want a chuckle I go to ASR, albeit with the occasional good observations from measurements (rare), when I'm desperate I go to headfi....and I liked the Matrix (non mqa) better than the Gumby. 

 

Maybe a bit off topic but to be clear - sbaf is a headphone niche, no?  If so, that presents a completely different set of variables in so far as listening experiences.  The big thread here at AS "massive improve..." or whatever it is, is similar in that many reviews are HP people (if memory serves) and readers really need to understand this as it isn't obvious unless one is familiar with said individuals. 

 

I'm not a HP person in the least - can't stand them and wish this was clearly stated upfront.  This isn't a HP forum for the most part.

 

 

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28 minutes ago, exdmd said:

 

Not at all. Speaker discussion is an important part of SBAF. Many of the senior members listen to their vinyl and speakers as much or more as phones. Changstar morphed into SBAF in late 2015. SBAF is definitely not in the same universe as Head-Fi. In fact, because of a dust up years ago any mention of SBAF at Head-Fi is removed by moderators:)

Hmmm,...I'm not privy to the history et al, but when I visited not too long ago it appeared to be mostly all HP and even the forum "mission" stated it was basically a HP environment so to speak.  I could be wrong or misinterpreted it, but I couldn't leave fast enough as it was "I'm right, you don't know squat and if you don't like it, don't let the door hit you on the way out"   That was after a few min of scanning some threads and was like WTF? 

 

Again, I'm not familiar with that forum and if I'm off base I apologize for inferring something different.  Not sure why I even brought it up I just caught the end of this thread and thought I would put in my $.02   Anyway I'm evaluating a new toy so I'm out!