Recent content by markanini

Overly subjective reviews are bad. I've also noted headphones.com using measurements basically as a prop to make exaggerated claims about new product releases, going as far as inventing their own metric to justify their claims, and infiltratring multiple enthusiast spaces, presenting as fellow...

Small addendum: Configuring the audio device to 192kHz and adding a -0.2dB preamp gain in EqualizerAPO is a pretty decent solution as well. However, some of the apps I use have bugs with sample rates over 48kHz. Plus, I work on DAW projects mostly at 44.1kHz and 48kHz, and I can't be bothered...

Just passing on some possible landmines that might be helpful for you to avoid, that's all. Maybe you didn't consider that Voicemeeter can introduce unwanted/unknown alterations, or that Windows defaults are less susceptible to audio degradation. When you say your goal is to defeat windows...

Your setup, Voicemeeter into a VM, is novel and any credible claims of quality improvements, or even quality parity, need be to be validated. It's very easy to Introduce unforeseen quality degradations when working off assumptions. The performance of Windows resampler on the other hand has been...

Last time I tried it prevented windows automatic resampling to work normally, causing resampling artifacts. Disabling it should really be the default for any critical audio evaluations.

I agree, the pattern shows up far too frequently to be just an isolated implementation issue.

It's fascinating to see the measurements, thanks. It makes me curious if the clocking issue is actually audible, and if there are any sound clips that could highlight it more clearly. The dynamic range difference of 11-12dB, supposedly depending on the DRE is intriguing. The DR difference...

The Zero Blue may struggle to accurately reproduce the true timbre of your organ. This happens because the TE:0's impedance is nonlinear, and most built-in headphone outputs have an impedance higher than 0 Ohms. This creates an interactive condition that elevates the bass beyond what the...

Thanks for your measurements. The TinHifi FW makes KTO2H20 the only 1V dongles that can play the Song of the Sisters clip without crackling audibly.

Purely speculatively it's actually RF/EMI that those affected are hearing, at least this is the more likely the thing that would vary from one setup to the other.

In theory, given that absolute phase is inaudible according to psychoacoustics and time-invariant systems, minimum phase would be ideal for reducing pre-ringing, which is substantially more audible than post-ringing, that's the downside of linear-phase filters. Slow roll-off filters further...

If you can stretch $10 and wait sales, Truthear Hexa. Sean Olive personally is impressed by it. Mark Ryan Sallee calls it the most neutral IEM ever made.

The bigger nozzle size has been a selling point for me too. Secure fit like I haven't experienced with other IEMs.

Believe it or not, the audibility of absolute phase orientation has been debated for years, and I have personally tested it using a more robust protocol than the one you're suggesting: ABX testing with clips from a variety of genres. Since your premise challenges a settled issue, comparable to...

And why did you expect this comment? Could it be because it contradicts established principles in psychoacoustics and properties of linear time-invariant systems? Or that you are drive-by posting unverified audio claims in an objectivist-oriented forum?