It looks like the answer is quite simple.
Listen to a Mark Levinson 360S DAC for 21 years, then measure it, and since, according to the measurements, the 360S is worse than the MEIZU dongle ($ 45), simply
immediately replace the 360S with the MEIZU dongle.
Hi-Fi 4.0
Listen to a Mark Levinson 360S DAC for 21 years, then measure it, and since, according to the measurements, the 360S is worse than the MEIZU dongle ($ 45), simply
immediately replace the 360S with the MEIZU dongle.
Hi-Fi 4.0
Active monitors are my usual suggestion as first system to younger people. Some of the latest models are very good, and they connect easily to mobile devices.
After mandatory compression, stereo reverb, and a quick trip through a few popular plugins: yes, absolutely. And this is the way many records are produced now.
I agree, good products were made in that period, when serviceability and dependability were still a selling point but the need to outnumber the feature list of competitor products on comparative tests was yet to be a important design requirement. The issue with vintage equipment is that there aren't many people left to repair them properly. I'm sure you have first hand experience on fixing "refurbishments" that have been carried out (at great expense sometimes) on vintage equipment by unskilled technicians. This is a showstopper for many people.
Well, it looks like I'm a Golden Ear since I'm able to distinguish a Steinway from a Kawai, even in a crappy recording.
I know what you've posted and I know what has been claimed and I note that your contribution makes no difference at all. The claims remain and the products are sold. Which begs the question WTF am I posting for ?
Can't speak for the others but there is only so much amusement to gleaned from you consistently banging your head against the brick wall that is Markw4. He is going to do what he is going to do and yet there is you 
Let us all remember what each devices function actually is, & let us disregard for the moment the source material. The pre-amp is to raise voltage levels ever so slightly, if at all...& do some tone controls, switch from various sources. The amp raises the electrical power to drive the loudspeakers, that's all.
It is the loudspeaker which has the most difficult job by far, & the most prone to errors of almost infinite parameters...the conversion of electric signals to sound-pressure waves. This is where we should be focusing on, the most difficult of jobs.
This obsession with minutia of distortion levels in the other systems has long ago fallen well below the human beings ability to perceive differences...those perceived differences are a product of hyperbole, bias-conformation, the placebo-effect & a whole host of psychological related traits.
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It is the loudspeaker which has the most difficult job by far, & the most prone to errors of almost infinite parameters...the conversion of electric signals to sound-pressure waves. This is where we should be focusing on, the most difficult of jobs.
This obsession with minutia of distortion levels in the other systems has long ago fallen well below the human beings ability to perceive differences...those perceived differences are a product of hyperbole, bias-conformation, the placebo-effect & a whole host of psychological related traits.
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Rick: You are being far too sensible on a thread where clock rollers are running around loose 🙂
@Syn08: I assume 'cos I can for a laugh' is an exceptable answer for persuing the pointless as long as no claims of veils lifted and wives in kitchens shouting approval are made?
@Syn08: I assume 'cos I can for a laugh' is an exceptable answer for persuing the pointless as long as no claims of veils lifted and wives in kitchens shouting approval are made?
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Can't speak for the others but there is only so much amusement to gleaned from you consistently banging your head against the brick wall that is Markw4. He is going to do what he is going to do and yet there is you
Can't speak for others, but there is only so much amusement reading every day about noise floor modulation, -140dB close in phase noise that improves the sound, metal can op amps better than plastic, op amp rollers, hearing -130dB intermodulation distortions, etc... Yes, he's doing what he's going to do, and I am going to take every chance to call his technical BS.
Other than protecting a vested interest, I will never understand why people rely on audio voodoo rather than looking up the existing body of knowledge. I am pretty sure none of them would go the a quack instead of a certified MD.
I see, so you've interviewed those forum readers who remained "invisible" and looked up the sales chart of audio snake oil vendors. 🙄
I thought it was more fun to study a phono stage with tons of negative feedback, or a PLL based poor oscillator.
There is an appropriate saying for this: the fox and the grapes.
There is an appropriate saying for this: the fox and the grapes.
No doubt you have the emails from unfortunates who have been saved from audio armageddon by your timely intervention.
We both know snake oil vendors are not the issue here.
Really, and how have you figured this out?
Asking for a friend wanting to go into the snake oil business.
I feel sorry that most here will never hear real hi fidelity. It is just too esoteric to be available even at an audio dealer. Still, we designers still work at it. Yes, caps, cables, parts of all kinds, layout, etc. are important to us, but not to most of you here.
Cognitive Ease towards Audio brands, and the illusion of truth as to what is good Hi Fidelity
The Illusion of Truth - YouTube
The Illusion of Truth - YouTube
Yup, that's how marketing (as well as propaganda) works.I take it was basically the old school analog equivalent of what "high definition" equates to in todays digital world?
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