DIY: Archimago's "RED DRAGON" Speaker Cables - Canare 4S11G (OFC, Star Quad,...
Alright friends, time for another fun and easy audiophile craft project! 🙂Among the cables we use in audio, I would argue it's most fun fooling around with speaker cables as a DIY project. This is not...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Words, worldviews, and the multimodal expansion of AI. [Let's have...
"If language is as inextricably tied up with consciousness as it seems to be, then the continuing diminishment of our inclination to use it to express in letters the times in which we live could mean...
View ArticleIntegra DRX-8.4 Multichannel Receiver: Overview, features, build, a few...
Obviously, value is an important consideration for consumers when it comes to buying and enjoying products. As discussed over the years, I'm not an audiophile who's particularly interested in the...
View ArticleDirac Live 3: A look & listen with the Integra DRX-8.4 - the process,...
As discussed years ago with my sound room set-up, I believe room correction DSP is very important and has become part of my routine whenever I make significant changes in room layout or when I...
View ArticleMUSINGS: The need for full-range sound (likely with subwoofers) in audiophile...
"As an audiophile with an eclectic taste in music, I feel that life is too short not to enjoy the full audible frequency range."That statement above is just an audiophile's (my) opinion. While I know...
View ArticlePart I: 3e Audio - A5 Stereo and A7 Mono Class D + PFFB, TI TPA3251/3255...
Every once awhile, a manufacturer will connect to see if I might be interested in testing out one of their upcoming products. Recently, 3e Audio (their mission being to Enhanced, Exceed, Enjoy) based...
View ArticleHome Server update: Windows Server 2025, 24H2 codebase, and the Intel...
Hey everyone, as I finish listening and writing up the second part of the 3e Audio Class D amplifiers review probably correlating with the release of the product soon, I thought I'd put a "quickie"...
View ArticlePart II: 3e Audio - A5 Stereo and A7 Mono Class D + PFFB, TI TPA3251/3255...
Let's continue with Part II of the evaluation of 3e Audio's A5 and A7 Mono amplifiers. See Part I last time for the initial discussions, features, pictures and measurements around output impedance,...
View ArticleGame PC Update: nVidia RTX 4070 Super GPU. That "game console vs. PC" debate;...
I know, that's a massive title! But sometimes there's a bunch of stuff to talk/think about before the holidays. 🙂With recent holiday sales, like I did recently with the Server, I thought it was time to...
View ArticleLenbrook's MQA: The Next Generation - QRONO, FOQUS, and other AQWARD things....
Happy new year, audiophiles!Other than a quick comment here and there in 2024, I'm glad that I didn't spend much time on MQA-focused material. The last we talked at length about MQA was over a year ago...
View ArticleDirac Live 3 with Bass Control (DLBC): A look and listen with the Integra...
I talked about the use of Dirac Live 3 in late 2024 after upgrading my receiver to the Integra DRX-8.4 which integrates the full-bandwidth DSP room correction as part of its feature set. Many modern...
View ArticleAs We Hear It: Audiophile hype vs. reality? GPU chatter (nVidia Blackwell RTX...
I hope you're all doing well as we enter the year. It's rather amazing that the first quarter of the 21st Century has passed so quickly! Time flew. I do hope that as time passes, audiophiles worldwide...
View ArticleDIY: Tweeter Ferrofluid Change - with pre- and post- frequency & distortion...
For this post, I thought I'd discuss a little DIY procedure you might want to think about if you've had your speakers for awhile - like say a decade or more - and know that the tweeter uses...
View ArticleLoudspeaker crossover parts and sound quality. (Regarding Danny Richie /...
At the heart of most subjective vs. objective heated audiophile debates is the concern about the ease by which a person can dramatically exaggerate claims about sound quality without controlled...
View ArticleDo CD and lossless streaming sound the same? A response to ana[dia]log video....
Today's blog post was inspired by Mister MB in a comment he made on the post last week (about GR-Research, and the hype around passive crossover components):Hey Arch,Slightly unrelated, but I thought...
View ArticleFrustration of the Euphonophile Salesman. Audiophile evaluation methods &...
Through February 2025, and with today's third post of the month, I've been exploring the current audiophile culture with videos from contemporary YouTube channels. While never exactly the same among...
View ArticlenVidia Shield TV Pro (3rd revision, 2019 version) - yes, still relevant in...
Hey guys, I thought it would be fun to talk about something that's been around quite awhile already but which I still bought in 2025. As per the image above, it's the nVidia Shield TV Pro (US$200,...
View ArticleHDMI Musings: high speed cables, data rates, YCbCr color subsampling, Dolby...
Hey folks, for this post, I thought it would be good to dive a little more into the world of AV technologies after discussing the nVidia Shield TV Pro last week. While "classic" audiophile technology...
View ArticleHigh Frame Rate (HFR) movies: time to overcome resistance? Also, on...
This week, indulge me in staying a little longer with discussions on the video theme; since I view audio and video technologies as members of the same family, there will be references and detours made...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Trust, empirical testing, and evidence in the Audiophile hobby. And...
For this post, let's spend a little bit of time thinking about "levels of evidence" in audiophilia. This is important because it helps determine how we gauge the veracity of the articles we read and...
View ArticleMultichannel/Atmos 3D Audio Walkthrough. The idea that DACs sound about the...
Hey audiophiles, I've been wanting to do this for awhile now. Back in 2021 when I wrote about "Spatial Audio" music streaming on Apple Music, in the back of my mind I was thinking it would be pretty...
View ArticlePart I: Topping DX9 "15th Anniversary" Limited Edition DAC & Headphone...
As many audiophiles will remember, the well-known DAC chip maker Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) suffered a massive fire at their factory back on October 20, 2020 in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. This...
View ArticlePart II: Topping DX9 "15th Anniversary" Limited Edition DAC & Headphone...
Continuing with the discussion in Part I, let's proceed with Part II of our look at the Topping DX9 "15th Anniversary" DAC as we wade into some of the technical capabilities and performance of this...
View ArticleCamera upgrade time! Sony (Alpha) α6700 mirrorless camera with 18-135mm...
Hey guys and gals, just thought I'd throw in a little something this week not related to audio as I finish some further measurements on the Topping DX9 DAC I've been talking about over the last couple...
View ArticlePart III: Topping DX9 "15th Anniversary" Limited Edition DAC & Headphone...
With Raspberry Pi 'Touch' streamer showing album art running RoPieee, and the Topping DX9 VU meters playing, this looks quite nice in the audio rack!Let's finish up with the last installment of the...
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