Saturday, 23 October 2021

Miscellany: FlexASIO for 384kHz, Philips 2001 SACD/DSD64 test signals (thanks Black Elk!), and Roon network multicast. [And Coltrane's A Love Supreme Live Hi-Res, Music Industry Crystal Ball, Magic Quantum Fuses!]

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A scene from The Simpsons 1996 ... Hey everyone, for this week, let's talk about a few "miscellaneous" topics which I've e...
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Saturday, 16 October 2021

REVIEW: Topping D90SE DAC - Part III: Subjective Impressions, AMPT, and Summary. A few words about "warmth" and "accuracy" in sound systems.

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This is the final part of my trilogy review/evaluation of the  Topping D90SE DAC  (see Part I , and Part II for the objective testing resul...
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Saturday, 9 October 2021

MEASUREMENTS / REVIEW: Topping D90SE DAC - Part II: Resolution

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In this Part II of the review of the Topping D90SE DAC , let's focus on the performance that this DAC can achieve. As you can see in the...
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Tuesday, 5 October 2021

MEASUREMENTS: DSD Testing with SoX-DSD Signals Part II (RME ADI-2 Pro FS R Black Edition, DSD Direct, Filter @ 50/150kHz) [Updated with 44.1kHz PCM --> DSD.]

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  Okay guys and gals, a rare "mid-week" update on DSD testing, a "Part II" follow-up to the previous article . As I ment...
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Saturday, 2 October 2021

MEASUREMENTS: A look at DSD and using SoX-DSD as a standard for test signal conversion. The 1/10-decade Multitone 32 test. And retro-pop remixes... ;-)

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Hey everyone, although I'm in the middle of the Topping D90SE review series, I thought this week I'd make a slight detour! Like I su...
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Saturday, 25 September 2021

MEASUREMENTS / REVIEW: Topping D90SE DAC - Part I: The Hardware, Filters, MQA, and Jitter Performance

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Today, let's start with what I'm aiming to be a 3-part review/discussion of the Topping D90SE DAC . I figure I'll take my time o...
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Saturday, 18 September 2021

MEASUREMENTS: USB Isolation with Nobsound ADuM4160 device and hi-res DAC. The world these days, and the audiophile microcosm.

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  After writing about very high resolution measurements with the E1DA Cosmos ADC last week and touching on basically "state of the art...
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Saturday, 11 September 2021

EARLY LOOK: E1DA Cosmos ADC - affordable high performance measurements for the audio hobbyist!

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As you can see in the picture above, I have one of Ivan Khlyupin's (aka IVX ) Cosmos ADC s. It's not available yet on the market, so...
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Saturday, 4 September 2021

Archimago's Musical Performance Track (AMPT): Standard test track for listener evaluation of source playback. [RME ADI-2 Pro FS R BE, Topping D10s, D10 Balanced, TEAC UD-501, Squeezebox Touch recordings.] Loss of RMAF, Bluetooth aptX Lossless. PS: Topping D90SE.

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Over the years, we've seen websites, blogs, and videos try ways to demonstrate the sound of a hi-fi device or for the adventurous, even ...
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Saturday, 28 August 2021

SUMMER MUSINGS: On the dreaded "Digital Glare" in audio, and conversely, exaggerated analogue evangelism.

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A reader E-mailed me the other day asking about what I thought of the dreaded "digital glare"  because it was mentioned by a "...
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Saturday, 21 August 2021

SUMMER MUSINGS: Room EQ Preferences - Vintage Spendor SA1-like curve, Hang Loose Convolver (HLC), and the increasing relative importance of software.

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Getting ready for an evening of digital filter evaluation! I mentioned a few month back in my Spendor SA1 (1976) review/measurements that I...
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Saturday, 14 August 2021

MEASUREMENTS / REVIEW: Topping D10 Balanced (D10B) DAC. Simple, no-nonsense USB DAC, excellent balanced sound quality.

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Last month, I published on the Topping D10s DAC which performed excellently for such a small, USB-powered device. Fantastic price to boot! ...
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Saturday, 7 August 2021

SUMMER MUSINGS: No... Not all amplifiers sound the same (but many do! ;-).

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With both my Class D Hypex nCore NC252MP amp and linnrd 's Class A  Pass/First Watt SIT-2 in my sound room a couple months back, this ...
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Saturday, 24 July 2021

Mega-taps upsampling: Remastero's Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster (PGGB) software. (Broadly on audiophile software & the noise boogeyman.)

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This article came about after I received an E-mail from an audiophile friend who saw  this Audiophile Style thread  in praise of "math...
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Saturday, 17 July 2021

MEASUREMENTS: Topping D10s - an inexpensive high performance basic USB DAC with S/PDIF outs. And on "perceptibly perfect" DACs.

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  Hey everyone, I suspect many of you have already seen or heard of the Topping D10s by now (~US$100-110 at time of writing). It has been o...
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