Why you can't trust measurements

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1 hour ago, pkane2001 said:

And while there are those who criticise his measurements, their opinions are just as irrelevant as Amir's unless they can produce measurements that demonstrate that Amir borked his.

 

 

Whilst I agree with a large part of what you wrote @pkane2001 I disagree with this bit. The Andrew Jones example that @botrytis has just given shows that its not necessary for AJ to come up with his own measurements to show that Amir's are erroneous.

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17 minutes ago, pkane2001 said:

Can someone point me to the thread where this happened?

 

 

This post contains about as close as you'll get on AS to a link to ASR (down at the bottom in italics) : https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/30381-mqa-is-vaporware/?do=findComment&comment=1137966

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Nah its definitely only a finite number. It was only five years ago that that number he quoted was 30.

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1 hour ago, PeterG said:

 

When I read that the Topping compares favorably to the Yggy, Berkeley, EMM, Lampizator, Bartok..., then I'll be impressed

 

I severely doubt you'll ever read such a thing in an advertiser-funded magazine. Which is of course the 800lb gorilla in the room.

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'One of the best 3' is suitably vague - I'd interpret that to mean 'its number 3, after those two'. But doesn't say how close it gets to them. If the reviewer mentioned which other DACs he'd heard above Yggy's price point that would set some valuable context.