The Different Types of Subjectivisms in Audiophilia (And How to Get Rid of...
By Taylor ChristensenI joined the audiophile hobby less than 10 years ago, and, as a person who relies heavily on understanding and applying scientific literature in my day job, I was baffled (pun...
View ArticlePart I: Comparison of Bluetooth Fidelity - SBC, aptX, AAC, LDAC (Android 10...
Blue ring around power/volume knob = Bluetooth input.I've been wanting to do this for awhile. The last time I had a look at Bluetooth playback quality was way back in the days of the Oppo Sonica DAC in...
View ArticlePart II: Comparison of Bluetooth Fidelity - AAC encoder quality (Android 10 &...
Greeting everyone, time to jump into Part II of our assessment of lossy Bluetooth music transmission.In Part I, we examined the use of an Android 10 device (Huawei P30 Pro) as audio transmitter showing...
View ArticleMUSINGS: nVidia's GeForce RTX 4090. Power Limited Overclock settings. On...
For this post, I thought I'd explore technological progress in the computing space. While I speak mainly about audio topics in these pages, I hope this post gives you an idea of the broader...
View ArticleAs We Hear It: On requesting artists/albums to streaming services. (Plus...
Hey everyone, life's been very busy so not much time to think or work on audio stuff.A few weeks back in my discussion of Qobuz in Canada, I said: "I'm curious, has anyone out there contacted their...
View ArticleRIP MQA codec? (Yeah. On Lenbrook Group's acquisition of bankrupt MQA Ltd.,...
Hey folks, it looks like the saga around MQA never ends, but I think they're just scraping the bottom of the barrel with one last crank of the hype machine with hopes that this is somehow face-saving...
View ArticleStereo Crosstalk Cancellation (XTC): A review by STC. And trying out uBACCH,...
Hey everyone, it has been very busy as expected through September here at the Archimago household. As a result, I haven't been able to spend as much time on the audio hardware hobby (still very much...
View ArticleA Psychoacoustic Rationale for the Subjective Evaluation of Stereophonic...
With the discussion of ambiophonics ("ambio") and crosstalk cancellation (XTC) last time, I came across a number of fascinating writings from Ralph Glasgal in the Ambiophonics Facebook group. The one...
View ArticlePart I: Topping PA5 Mk II Plus (PA5II+) Class D amplifier review. (And RME...
Over the last few months, I've been exploring the performance of the TI TPA3255 Class D chip amps including the AIYIMA A08 Pro, Fosi Audio TB10D, and AOSHIDA A7. Overall, we've seen very good results...
View ArticlePart II: Topping PA5 Mk II Plus (PA5II+) Class D amplifier review. Power,...
I mentioned previously that this is a very unobtrusive amp. With the shipped plastic protector off, notice the low contrast of the lettering with the black front makes it even less obtrusive! This was...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Multichannel mixes are more dynamic than 2-channel, stereo releases....
Last week, in the Part II review of the Topping PA5II+ amplifier, I talked about a few albums like The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds and the sound quality of the album. For years now, I'm been...
View ArticleWhy not? ;-) AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Workstation & Ryzen 7 5700X Gaming CPU...
Although typically I write about audio stuff on these blog pages, not infrequently I'll talk about my computer updates as well. Looking back, this has allowed me to review the journey along the way...
View ArticleHow-To: Resurrecting bad BIOS update with CH341 USB EEPROM Programmer (AMD...
Let's do a quickie post this week.As per the discussions last time, I've been doing some computer upgrades here at home and at one point a few weeks back, I was updating the BIOS on my AM4 MSI X370 SLI...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Beyond "High Resolution" recordings. Into "Immersive" and "High...
The other day, I was reading this interesting article about someone upgrading his computer gaming gear to the latest and greatest, only to find that it ultimately made no meaningful difference for...
View ArticleDo bit-perfect digital sources affect a USB DAC's sound quality? [2023...
In the image above, we see embedded some pictures of contemporary, expensive (>US$10k) digital audio devices. Each one of these are just streaming or server boxes that can take data over your...
View ArticleMUSINGS: On the duplicity of hi-fi audio anti-measurers? The John DeVore...
The Hall of Measurement Devices."When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in...
View ArticleMerry Christmas & Happy 2024! A year in review, final MQA sales, and have a...
Hey everyone, I want to post a holiday greeting and retrospective as we end off 2023 and as I wander off for some R&R down south. This has been an interesting year I think in the world of audio. In...
View ArticleArchimago's Musings: Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy
Sites need to comply with General Data Protection and Regulation (GPDR) policies if there are visitors from the EU, so for transparency, here are some broad Terms and Conditions as well as Privacy...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Fidelity, Immersion, and Realism (FIR) - Levels of Audiophile...
As we start 2024, let's think about a "big picture" topic. Like with most things in life, I find it useful to think about the overarching philosophy - the "forest" if you will - alongside the details -...
View ArticleMUSINGS: On YouTube listening tests and the sound of "high-end" vinyl vs....
The Internet is wonderful, isn't it?!In the span of a few decades, we can all make our presence known to the far corners of the world and express (almost) anything we want whether it's sharing what we...
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