That all sounds a bit hit and miss to me. I've played with EQ, distortion, crossovers, moving my speakers and listening position....does any of that count?
Last time I've checked Steve Albini is alive, kicking, very happy, and doesn't miss the big studios a iota. Neither do his customers, required only to pay for the tapes and his time.
Of course, too, but not only.( It is of course a personal feeling.)
As a painter can work his technique and his drawing, there will always be the character of the colors he uses. A subtle combination of colors, material, and the way they react to his hand and will. Everything has an own character.
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It is probably a bargain. No disagreement on that.
I don't believe it sounds comparable to DAC-3 or to AK4499. It can't, there is no way in hell it could. You can make arrangements to listen to the various dacs we talk about or not. I can't help you with that unless you want to come here. If you want to do that you are certainly welcome.
Steve is special in my book, huge highly successful repertoire but charges a fixed hourly (last I looked low). His interview with Bourdain on the food channel was a hoot, they flashed the cover of Songs About F******. on the screen. I used to play this at my work bench in the lab, though Kerosene is my favorite BB cut. The ultimate statement on life in the Midwest.
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I get a mix of public insults and few private words of encouragement. Feels like more of the former.
Hint this is a hobby site. People should be able to partake of their music any way they want. Yet it galls you so you keep wasting words saying why it makes no sense. We all heard you the first time and we don't care.
Nope. Not amongst the partisans of cold objectivity anyway.
I would honestly give up now as you have missed the point by miles.
Would you try and get an improvement in an amplifier you made from 0.001 to 0.0001% THD with no test equipment other than your ears?
That would be a valid analogy if one was making a mix but not reproducing one. Haven't we been here before?
Its not extraordinary at all if you listen to some really good dacs. If you only listen to cheap dacs, then you can't know what you haven't heard.
Looks like its time to step away from this conversation as it isn't going to resolve anything. As usual there are numbers guys, and a listener. Bye.
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Did someone call Mark a DAC snob?
For context, Mark edited the above post, removing his definition of cheap dac as between $1000 and $3000
For context, Mark edited the above post, removing his definition of cheap dac as between $1000 and $3000
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Nope I listen to music. A DAC that costs more than I paid for my car is not on my priority list, esp as I need 3 of them.
Re-read-you. Who is trying to silence the other? Would you have privileges that I would not have ?
Unlike you, and this aggressive response is an example, I am not trying to impose anything on others. I share my personal experiences and do not hold any other authority than that which one agrees to grant me. And who are the "we" you refer to ? Shame on you for this and from where is your authority ?
Objectivity ? Arf ! Objectivity, truth, what a pretentious, and sorry, 'stupid' attitude !
I would honestly give up now as you have missed the point by kilometers.
My rhetoric teacher had smiled.
Please, try to find better arguments. I have done this (with, of course measuring instruments).
It never ensure any audible improvement at those points. often useless in my book. So what is the need ?
Try to be honest with yourself, if you can. Look at all the possible measurements of a speaker set. Does that give you a clue how it will sound?
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When was the poll taken?
You've surveyed most audiophiles in general?
Another claim with no supporting evidence.
No need to spend time and money traveling to hear DAC differences. Just set up a casual subjective auditioning session and be woken up.
You want to really wake up? Set up a bias controlled objective DACs listening test for yourself listen as long as you want at your convenience, no stress, no pressure to be used as excuse for not being able to hear a difference. Try it.
See above reply.
As usual, your opinion is correct, those whom you disagree with are wrong and therefore it's time to put your head in the sand again, until the memory fades enough, then repeat the shill material for jam's audio business all over again.
The whole ice skating analogy doesn't hold for me. And as I can't see the heating as a problem wonder what really happened there. It is a loose end.
I'd forgotten about that. I really need to get some time to experiment with stuff this year. That needs replicating and I do have destructable copies of the same record to play with.
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