Mark, now that there are a few consumer versions of the 4499 out have you had the opportunity to ‘subjectify’ any?
Bob,
Only heard about a few Chinese offerings ranging from several hundred dollars to a bit over a thousand.
Little or nothing in the way of listener sound quality opinions. When enough of those start coming in then we should know more.
Only heard about a few Chinese offerings ranging from several hundred dollars to a bit over a thousand.
Little or nothing in the way of listener sound quality opinions. When enough of those start coming in then we should know more.
Saw some good reviews of the Topping D90.....but then again the unwashed masses are an unpredictable bunch.
My interpretation of mediocre would be if the 4499 eval board sounded no better than an ebay £10 USB dac. Is that really what you mean?
More likely would have said something like 'utter junk' in that case. Of course I meant more like an average AKM-example implementation, or maybe a somewhat better one if taking their hints to use more separate power supplies/regulators.
It was just the way I talk when speaking frankly. Jam thinks I am his worst critic, but nothing is perfect is it? 🙂
Magazine reviews are for speaking the other way around...
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Not a poor choice but a carefully picked one for a marketing plan. He is and has been pushing a business agenda which is geared towards supporting jam's audio company.
I see no agenda. And even if there is something in the background that shouldn't cause you to just hound him all the time? What has he ever done to you? Honest question as you are close to my ignore list for the continuing hounding of a few people.
Gross exaggeration to suggest that they don't know how to use their own product that they designed just because they don't subscribe to your belief system.
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Thanks for this George. It's enough range for me, not too much and not uncomfortable, is it a realistic range? I can imagine some people wanting more.
Thank you for your kind words, Hans. I have a good feeling if someone finds it useful.
"decided to try Jam's cables and get it over with. I connected them between the XLR outputs on AK4499 eval board and the Neurochrome HP-1 headphone amp input.
Wow! Everything sounded better, less distorted, and the difference was easy to hear! I was basically stunned, never expected it."
That looked like a sales pitch to me and it's not isolated to that thread. But YMMV.
What he's done to me is no longer viewable because it was deleted by the moderator/s due to its severity but this is very similar to it, just milder.
You snipped out the part about these cables not being for sale at the moment. So saying something that is not available to buy is hardly a sin in my book. Certainly not worthy of reduction in S/N on an already noisy thread it causes. Maybe I am more live and let live, but if the mods are ok with it then I will go with the flow.
Surely there is productive stuff that can be discussed and ignore the things that wrankle?
Thanks Scott for listening and commenting.
This dynamic range is realistic for classic, opera is even more demanding.
Not many recordings convey such dynamics and I don’t think that’s accidental.
Recordings with high dynamic range speak trouble for the majority of home listening (ambient noise, high SPL). Ed has posted some proper (frightening) numbers in the past, listening is always more informative.
George
It makes sense, I followed your instructions regards setting the volume level. Probably many wouldn't listen to the opening passage so quietly.
"at the moment". Have you ever heard of a term "primer"? In order for the
Do you have the same view on Jakob(#)'s actions here?
We've seen many off topic subjects on this very thread over the months / years. At this point, it's simpler to ask how many posts are about JC's Blowtorch preamplifier. Perhaps off topic post is going with the flow.
@billshurv,
you know, the beauty of a conspiracy theory lies therein that no real fact/proof is needed.
Even the opposite of the alleged behaviour contributes just confirmation that is even more worse than expected. 😉
you know, the beauty of a conspiracy theory lies therein that no real fact/proof is needed.
Even the opposite of the alleged behaviour contributes just confirmation that is even more worse than expected. 😉
I would agree with that.
I look at my music collection and see rock, pop, jazz and classical recordings that have not been equaled since (for classical some of the very best recordings also took place in the 1960’s).
What’s the best on offer today? Bloody Taylor Swift (nice to look at but that’s all) and Ed Sheeran
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