Popular Post sdolezalek Posted August 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2021 As a statement of "philosophy" I think this was actually a good start. I think Firedog is jumping the gun on where we go from here. I would certainly agree that measurements aren't everything (particularly because we don't know exactly what to measure and our instruments require us to choose certain data points to ascribe imporance to). Nor, of course, is a set of "golden ears" particularly when my bronze ears are different from your silver ones and so and so's platinum ears. But, if we do something that sounds good but measures poorly, I like to understand "why?" One of the things I have always enjoyed in my exchanges with Jussi (Miska) with regard to HQ Player is that he can explain the mathematical science of what his filters are doing, explain the tradeoffs involved, explain why one might sound better with a particular DAC than another, and after all that still says "but you need to listen for what sounds best to you." I hope that in Parts 2, 3 and 4 we will hear more about how Alvin Chee thinks about those tradeoffs in a way that allows us to decide whether that results in something that should sound better to all ears rather than just to Alvin Chee's ears. ;-) Summit, MarkusBarkus, The Computer Audiophile and 2 others 1 4 Synology NAS>i7-6700/32GB/NVIDIA QUADRO P4000 Win10>Qobuz+Tidal>Roon>HQPlayer>DSD512> Fiber Switch>Ultrarendu (NAA)>Holo Audio May KTE DAC> Bryston SP3 pre>Levinson No. 432 amps>Magnepan (MG20.1x2, CCR and MMC2x6) Link to comment
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