There’s nothing wrong with what cdsgames is saying, simply because it’s in the Vendor Bazaar forum. It is perfectly legitimate to advertise such findings over there, that’s the purpose of that place, to allow current or potential vendors to post marketing filled messages. If you could post your opinions over there you would get absolutely no objections from anybody. Give it a shot and you’ll see.
And no, I’m not playing with you; to me, playing requires either a partner or an adversary I could respect.
Presumably because you like the music. I doubt that everyone realizes that setting the highest sample to 0 dBFS is equivalent to recording louder than 0 dBFS.
In any case, why use a DAC that has astronomical dynamic range figures, but can't play normal CDs without hard clipping?
Quite. There are odd types who only listen to audiophile approved recordings and miss out on the thing that matters.
I will say that I don't believe intersample issues are the boogeyman some think it is, but accept that a competent high end DAC should have some method of handling this (preferably switchable)
Your test of fidelity is comparing what you think you are hearing to what you think you should be hearing?
Generally speaking, no. In very specific cases, there may be practical and useful exceptions.
Except I'm not selling anything and cdsgames is. Nobody in this forum can say that I have ever tried to sell anything to any of them. The only thing you and some others don't like is that I tell the truth about what some people can hear, and it annoys the partially deaf like you.
Not a problem. That's the reality of being old. There is also a reality to noticing small details, some can and some can't. Just the way it is. Those who can't are fooled by their own naive reality of what is audible and what isn't.
You quoted in an allegedly technical discussion somebody (cdsgames) wearing a salesman hat, on a commercial forum, with his extraordinary claims. Not a good way to improve your credibility, you could do better (if there's anything to be done better).
His claims were not extraordinary in the least. Things like that get noticed by alert designers who bother to listen. In most cases though, commercial designers keep their secrets for competitive advantage. Its also clear cdsgames doesn't want to give away too many details about the solutions he used, no surprise there.
Doesn't matter there are only a few likely solutions. You can figure them out yourself, I'm sure.
See my last answer: Generally speaking, no...there may be certain useful and practical exceptions. You know, and you knew all along.
Dunno, I would not want design decisions on audibility made with my ears given they don't do the full 20-20k, not even sure how good the channel balance is. Add the masking of tinnitus on a bad day and I'm no way 'normal hearing'
Of course if designing audio equipment for the over 55s...
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