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    GoldenSounds passes apparently ABX test for DACs (NOT Really)

    https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZId8CS3_dk8/UCmyZbn1gKI/AAAAAAAADMg/CnE0RsxEE2Q/s1600/Countours%2Bfor%2BBlog.gif Now add the 15-20dB sensitivity difference of your ears between the stuff at 3khz and the stuff at 22khz and thats at least a 30db difference. You also have to consider the band width of...
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    GoldenSounds passes apparently ABX test for DACs (NOT Really)

    The fundamental is the lowest frequency. The fundamental frequency, often referred to simply as the fundamental, is defined as the lowest frequency of a periodic waveform. In music, the fundamental is the musical pitch of a note that is perceived as the lowest partial present. Wikipedia There...
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    The Shoutometer

    Thats the other side of the equation. Doubling distance only decreases the sound 6db. So if spl at 1 mile is 46db at 2 miles its still 40 dB.
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    PA and Studio Monitor speakers vs HiFi modified sound

    I don't. Did you know the most popular studio monitor for 25 years used for mixing was a consumer Yamaha NS-10. First don't put studio monitors and PA monitors in the same group. Totally different usage. Second, most major studios have at least 2 or 3 types of monitors (including terrible...
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    PSB monitors?

    He's probably changed monitors after 40 years.
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    What are some ribbons microphones with big bang for the buck?

    Thats a bit like auditioning speakers over utube. Every mic has a different optimal distance and angle from the source. Using each mic at the same location angle is misleading. Often mic A will sound better on kick drum A (or vocal or whatever) while mic B will sound better on kick drum B.
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    What are some ribbons microphones with big bang for the buck?

    A large part of a mic sound is its off axis freq. response (like speakers). Cardio mics can become omni at lower freqs. and thIs varies mic to mic. Even Omnis have some hi freq directionality. https://www.neumann.com/en-gb/products/microphones/u-87-ai/ I've only tried a couple of ribbons for...
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    Line preamps using battery power supply _ any experience ?

    Theres lots of opamps that work fine with one supply and get close to rail to rail output. If you use an opamp to supply the Vcc/2 voltage it doesn't burn much power.
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    How replicate the sound of a specific audio components

    This is the answer. Interesting that there staring to emulate the circuit using virtual circuit components in a spice program and then run the signal thru the emulation real time. Any one who's used spice knows the processing power needed for this.
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    As a guitar player, is audio interface your only option?

    Even if you couldn't hear the difference? They do give you a large amount of tones with instant recall.
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    Constant Beamwidth Transducer (CBT) Speakers

    His version has 72! Tweeters per side to deal with that.
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    Speaker "Speed"

    From a=f/m more mass does take longer but only if the force is the same but the force can be adjusted to get the same acceleration. With sine waves an increase in mass (decrease in acceleration) just lowers the amplitude, so as stated by purifi it just lowers the efficiency. But it also...
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    Please, for the love of God - Help me. Revel Performa 3 M106.

    Those can all be had (except maybe looks) for $2 a foot plus connectors.
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    Speaker "Speed"

    Not just music. As a sound fx editor I saw waveforms of gunshots and explos, nothing has a rise time of less than a few samples (at 44.1khz). Recorded sound is bandwidth limited (LP filtered) which means the rises time (speed) is also limited, most obviously in digital to 1/sample rate. As...
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    Making my own RCA -> XLR cables

    Yes. Which means using a shielded pair cable (shield plus 2 conductors), not coax.
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    S.M.S.L. SU-1 Dac listening fatigue, headache.

    As in blind testing? Im not making any claims.
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    S.M.S.L. SU-1 Dac listening fatigue, headache.

    So you have no explanation for sparkly and thus no solution. If a customer asks for a spaghetti sauce thats not spicy the cook knows exactly what to do. If you want something less sparkly you just trial and error. And very few here buy subjective opinions at face value, have you ABXed those DACs?
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    Proposal: Right to Fair Review (RFR) Association

    ... you live in the most litigious country in the world. How else do you keep 30% of the planets lawyers busy?
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    S.M.S.L. SU-1 Dac listening fatigue, headache.

    What makes something sound sparkly?
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