botrytis Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 2 hours ago, plissken said: I can assure you that I'm indeed a cat. Joe is a penguin. I see him at my AA meetings. Audiophiles Anonymous? plissken 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Amir worked as a software engineer ad Microsoft, I think, before the ASR site. I think he has too much of his ego in the game there and that is dangerous. Unlike Chris, who usually let's us look like buffoons at times, Amir uses the ban hammer quickly. Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 @The Computer Audiophileif you like black tea - I can recommend.... Monks Blend Tea | Monks Breakfast Blend Black Tea – Art of Tea The Computer Audiophile 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Maybe Amir had a hissy fit and it is cheaper to send him stuff to test then to hear him whine.... sandyk 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: Thanks! this is my go-to - https://youngmountaintea.com/products/nepali-golden-black?variant=32272619372657 At Christmas they do a Black fig cinnamon tea that is divine - very subtle and wonderful. The Computer Audiophile 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Oh, I have bought my wife some expensive teas as she loves tea. Last time it was Pu-erh tea from 1960 - they still had some (that was the year I was born :D). It was quite complex and picked from a type of tea plant they do not use any more (a red-veined varietal). The Computer Audiophile 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Even though I do not agree with Stereophile, sometimes (MQA Cough cough), I find their measurements at least understandable and reproducible. At least I trust them. PeterSt 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 14 minutes ago, plissken said: Going to try this again... If your Samsung Frame TV was $2K and lasted for 2 years you are maintaining that you would purchase a $14K to $40K TV if it meant you could get service for it? Why didn't you spend on a 4 year extended warranty? To take this further you would get software updates for 10 years. What you aren't going to get is increased resolution or better HDR bit rates as time goes on. The only thing that guarantees that is a newer device. Your preference is your preference but honestly I don't see the logic in the spend. It's poor ROI IMO. I have a 43" Pioneer Plasma that I bought in 2002 for 2500 bucks at the time. I still have it and it still works. What does that say... It does weigh over 100 lbs, so moving it solo is a pain in the ass. Teresa 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Maybe Amir should ask Archimago how do to measurements properly 🤣 sandyk and asdf1000 2 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 If anyone wants some suggestions of where to by unique teas, US people, just PM me. Chris already did and I will share the wealth, as it were. The Computer Audiophile 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 20 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: I'm pretty sure that if we were all sitting together enjoying a beverage of our choice, that the discussion would be much more enjoyable. It can be hard to discuss some stuff via keyboard :~) ZOOM....... Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Well, according to Wikipedia :D "He was Vice President of Microsoft's Digital Media Division until retiring in 2008. He is an electrical engineer by degree and hobby, with professional experience including software and signal processing." I wonder what he thinks of MQA.... Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, charlesphoto said: He's a huge fan of it. Well, that explains everything. maxijazz, The Computer Audiophile and JoeWhip 2 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 I mean, AMIR was into encoding sound for MS, so I get he would think that MQA is neat, but sound good? that is ridiculous. Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 minute ago, danadam said: He is not bashing it, so he must be a fan of it? Ah, to live in such a black-and-white world, must be a nice thing. Well, the point is, when one understand the business model of MQA, one understands how control is removed from the consumers hands. It is black and white, that is the problem. See the MQA thread here. vmartell22, DuckToller, sphinxsix and 1 other 3 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 57 minutes ago, plissken said: I have and my conclusions are it's how mature people effectively have a debate. A quote from the last page of that thread on Hydrogen Audio..... "Chris ConMan needs the MQA money to feed his kids" That is a mature comment? R I G H T ! ! ! Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 hour ago, plissken said: I guess people really aren't able to follow me because afaik Chris and I were talking about the MQA thread at ASR. I never really waded too much into the MQA pool other than to say a few things: 1. It was an attempt to place DRM back into the market place 2. FLAC does a great job of lossless compression (you get your MD5 checksum PCM file back) 3. The market place will speak and I have faith in the market place. And I think that has been proven correct. MQA is even scarcer than DSD. I did order a Meridian MQA DAC BTW. Purchased a few MQA titles that were mastered from the same set that some of my 24/192 PCM albums where and was not impressed. That is a very naïve viewpoint. MQA is not scarcer than DSD. Why? Because many labels are putting out MQA files as regular FLAC files w/o telling the streaming services. This has been talked about ad nauseum on this forum. If you don't realize the labels only care about money and control, then you will understand that MQA as the only way to distribute is in THEIR interest not the consumers. That is all they care about, themselves. sandyk, maxijazz and The Computer Audiophile 3 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 We cannot get into Amir's head as to what he is biased towards. So I agree - it is OVER. 😁 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Exactly. I am a lower tier person and I admit it. But, I enjoy listening to everything and all levels of equipment but I can tell you when something is off. Measurements, hearing IN YOUR ROOM, etc. all need to be done. Teresa 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
Popular Post botrytis Posted March 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, ASRMichael said: Ha ha! Can I change it? To say ASMichael? ASSMichael? Sorry 🤣 sandyk, ASRMichael and lucretius 3 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 5 hours ago, fas42 said: And that's how it works - in part. If you have any reasonable level of passion about this game, it always obvious when a system is below par. But measuring is generally useless, as a means of providing anything useful, IME - the only thing that truly matters is knowing how to resolve what your ears are picking up - if one is obsessed with measurements meaning everything, then when you get the numbers looking better, you will try to force your brain to follow suit, as regards the hearing. Only to be punctured by your significant other commenting, "Why does the stereo sound worse at the moment ... ? 🤣 I said I am a lower tier person not my system is sub par. I would put my office system against many I have heard and come away grinning. The two on are not same thing. Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 4 hours ago, fas42 said: This is in fact a very easy way to assess a system's performance - stereo speakers, with true mono material played over them. The worse the factors are, that degrade all the performance parameters that matter subjectively, the faster the sound will dive into the nearest speaker, when you move sideways from the central spot - this can range from head in a vice criticality, to never losing the sense of the sound coming from the space beyond the speakers, no matter how far sideways you go. God, you are so full of nonsense. You have no clue as to what you are talking about. cab33 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 34 minutes ago, 57gold said: Numbers don't lie, it's just your imagination or biases or subjectiveness leading you to that delusion. Did you do a statistically significant double blind test? Seriously, maybe the tests did not include the headphone output circuit. Numbers can lie, it depends on how they are presented. I will give an example from my past. I was sitting in a thesis defense of a friend, who was doing it on Deer Populations in New York State forests. In his presentation, he showed data that that had a Stats showing +/- 125% data. That means the data showed there was no trends but he pushed that there was. This is what I mean by numbers lying. Currawong 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, The Computer Audiophile said: The other possibility is the digital VC increases the volume quite a bit, thus making a switch back and forth between them apples and oranges. I assumed leaving the levels at the same number and only switching between analog and digital would give me apples to apples. I can add something to this, backing Chris' idea. I have an Audio Research SP-16 Pre-amp. I really like the piece, how it sounds, almost everything, but the digital volume control. In this case, a logarithmic control. It can be quite annoying to set properly. Let's say that is it's foible. The reason to keep this one is it also uses easy to find tubes, 12AX7's, to be exact and a decent built-in phono stage. I will deal with that. The Computer Audiophile 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
botrytis Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I can add that my other piece, Bow Tech Wazoo integrated, it is the passive preamp. It seems you need to match things just right, with volume, the output of the pieces connected to it, etc. But, the sound when things align is worth it. What a crazy hobby we have 🤣 The Computer Audiophile 1 Current: Daphile on an AMD A10-9500 with 16 GB RAM DAC - TEAC UD-501 DAC Pre-amp - Rotel RC-1590 Amplification - Benchmark AHB2 amplifier Speakers - Revel M126Be with 2 REL 7/ti subwoofers Cables - Tara Labs RSC Reference and Blue Jean Cable Balanced Interconnects Link to comment
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