Upsampling: Native DAC Playback, and SoX PCM/DSD upsampling of 1kHz signal....
Notice one of the waveforms NOS.A few weeks ago on this blog in a comment discussion, Bennet / Dtmer Hk talked about showing what it looks like when upsampling a 1kHz 16/44.1 signal in PCM side-by-side...
View ArticleAudiophile Psychology: Reconsidering Zelinger's "Hi-Fi Fetishism" (HFN&RR,...
Greetings everyone. Grab yourself a nice beverage, settle into a comfy chair, let us delve a bit into audiophile psychology.I think this is an important topic; one that is implied in many of my posts...
View ArticleAs We Hear It 2022: Hypex nCore NC252MP DIY, The Joys of Modern Digital...
Happy 2022 everyone and greetings from Honolulu. As Bing Crosby once sang, "Here we know that Christmas (and New Years) will be green and bright" in Hawaii. A welcome first escape from Canada since the...
View ArticleUsing Victor's Oscillator as reference (1kHz, ultra-low distortion analogue...
Note the 2-pin power connector on the lower left.As you've seen on the blog over the last year, I've been using the E1DA Cosmos ADC from Ivan Khlyupin for a number of measurements recently (early...
View ArticleREVIEW & MEASUREMENTS: Cayin RU6 R-2R USB Dongle DAC/Headphone Amp....
In the last few years, we've seen a resurgence in interest around R-2R DACs. Back in the day (like these old CD players for example), multibit ladder technology was the way to do the conversion until...
View ArticleREVIEW & MEASUREMENTS: Chord Mojo DAC/Headphone Amp. A note on LH Labs (Light...
Mojo as shown here in the official rubber and leather Mojo Case. Looks and feels great in the hand. Shown with AKG K371 headphone.Well, in the "better late than never" category, when I returned my...
View ArticleMeLE Quieter2Q (8GB DDR4, 128GB eMMC, Celeron J4125) Mini PC: An inexpensive,...
MeLE Quieter2Q (~US$250) box and contents. Notice VESA mounting plate (top left) included which is handy I think if used as a monitor back-mounted computer.Over the last number of years, I've been a...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Speaking "As If..." claims are truths, Attribution Theories, and the...
As you've seen, recently, I measured the Chord Mojo DAC and we discussed the imminent release of the Mojo 2 which was formally unveiled on January 31 (2022). With that of course comes the flurry of...
View ArticleDEMO: Listening to the Cayin RU6 R-2R noise and distortions with headphone...
Notice that the quest for high fidelity has always been, almost exclusively, a male pursuit. A picture from the Edison Diamond Disc and the "tone tests" done back in the day circa ~1916.I've been...
View ArticleUsing the MeLE Mini PC for Upsampling/Filtering - HQPlayer Desktop 4...
Hey folks, a few weeks ago, I mentioned that I've got the little MeLE Quieter2Q Windows 10/11 computer in my sound room these days used as a low-power (<10W) Roon streamer capable of 2.0 and 5.1...
View ArticleAs We Hear It: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes (by T. S. Gnu)
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?By T. S. GnuThe value of articles in a magazine covering a given field lies in the new information (or well-presented summary of old information) that it conveys to the...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Etymotic ER-4B - "Classic" In-Ear Monitor (IEM) / "Canalphone".
Nice box with accessories. Can't see it well in this picture but in the middle of the box is a small container of "damper"/"filters" and tool to aid in replacement when clogged.Today, I want to expand...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Topping HS01 - USB 2.0 Isolator & Ground Loop Eliminator (and a...
Hey everyone, as you might be aware, I'm not a fan of USB "doohickeys" in general use. You know, all those USB boxes that are supposed to clean up your signal, or maybe reduce jitter, or "regenerate"...
View ArticleDEMO: Tears For Fears - "No Small Thing" - Low-DR CD vs. Higher-DR Steven...
Despite all the examinations of what often amounts to subtle differences in sound when we compare different hardware devices, I think as audiophiles we too often neglect the very significant...
View ArticleREVIEW / MEASUREMENTS: 1MORE Quad Driver IEM (E1010)
For the post this week, let's have a look at the 1MORE Quad Driver IEM (~US$150 these days). These have been out for awhile; released in mid-2017 I believe. The specs on these are quite interesting...
View ArticleREVIEW / MEASUREMENTS: KZ ZSN Pro - very inexpensive dynamic + balanced...
Since I believe much of high-fidelity audio is already "mature" technology, these days a lot of what I find interesting are products that either present new features for the music lover (and...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Myths, clichés and Hi-Fi+'s Taiko Audio SGM Extreme computer review....
"Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing."-- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890Once awhile, we in the audio world run into devices that are so ludicrous that it...
View ArticleREVIEW / MEASUREMENTS: CCA (Clear Concept Audio) C12 IEM - 1 Dynamic + 5...
Earlier this month, as I was preparing the final write-up for the KZ ZSN Pro review, I was impressed enough by the performance of those very inexpensive IEMs (less than US$25) to go ahead and grab...
View ArticleDEMO: Software de-clipping of dynamically compressed recordings (Red Hot...
Let's get right to the heart of the issue with the diagram above!There have been discussions among audio sites like Audiophile Style and Darko Audio that this latest album from RHCP - Unlimited Love...
View ArticleEARLY LOOK: E1DA Cosmos APU - high performance, low-noise pre-amp and 1/10kHz...
Readers on the blog will likely remember that last year, Ivan Khlyupin (aka IVX on a number of forums) of E1DA sent me a pre-production Cosmos ADC for testing and use. As discussed then, this...
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