I now believe Earl Geddes may have been right about the 95% thing. I used to believe a greater percentage of people could hear small aberrations in sound reproduction (at a conscious level), but I have reluctantly come to doubt it. I do think we probably have more than a random share of five percent'ers (or whatever the actual number is) here at diyaudio. Many or most appear to be looking for better sound quality on a limited or even very limited budget (I have poor people in India for example, trying to make better dacs, and I am trying to help them diy it). Unfortunately, most of the people here wanting better sound quality don't understand enough about electronics to know how to figure out what is actually causing their small-ish but audible (to some) SQ problems. There are a few real engineers around here willing to help constructively, but not enough, and most seem to have the good sense to avoid Blowtorch. I should probably try harder to ignore the bait myself, but the intolerance for perceptive listeners can be hard to let stand.
Anyway, I'm am feeling better today now recovering from what was likely a little food poisoning. Even better, I have been told I should have an AK4499 board here in about a week We will see if it happens on time or not.
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Thanks Mark,
Well that pretty much describes my POV,
Being told everything sounds the same when designed within a given set of parameters is insulting, then being told the differences I do hear are bias or imaginary certainly borders on ignorance.
I suppose being in a 5% minority (if that is the case) will never result in a commercially viable yet affordable(mid fi) option.
So I suppose the next logical step is diy (mainly why I’m here in the first place)
But like mark points out my electronics experience (although better than the average man on the street) is nowhere near enough to design/build anything better.
So I suppose recognizing my inabilities is a step in the right direction.....that being said I’m highly interested in this AK 4499 project,
how much $$ would it take to build or if too complicated buy into it?
It’s quite obvious to me I’m one of these 5%’ers.....is there a club?
Maybe we need our own forum section!
Bob