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Prog Rock Man
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Testing audiophile claims and myths
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proton007
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Headphone & Amp Impedance Questions? Find the answers here!
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1monkey
jaakkopasanen
Recording Impulse Responses for Speaker Virtualization
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Ghoostknight
What actually is placebo? It just doesnt make sense
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2leftears
Gapless CD playback. Why has this become a "feature" rather than the bleeding obvious?
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Ghoostknight
Autism and Audio...
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gaex86
What’s the point of upsampling?
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castleofargh
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Power cables
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Understanding the Role of DACs in a Simple Audio Setup
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jenkinsontherun
Frustrated with Cymbals
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Ghoostknight
Absolute Phase Question..
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MrHaelscheir
Pink noise volume pan for evaluating stereo imaging
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Blackwoof
Ogg Vorbis vs other codecs
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captblaze
Apple hearing test for Air Pods, legit or not?
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captblaze
captblaze
Steve999
Sound Science thread for songs you can't get out of your head
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muza_1
muza_1
Ghoostknight
Can a room act as a bassreflex speaker?
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71 dB
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Digital Enigma
Apodizing filter
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VNandor
VNandor
Killcomic
Transients, driver speed and other rubbish
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Cecala
eARC implementation and SQ question.
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Cecala
joegreat99
MQA - R.I.P.! TIDAL removes all MQA content
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jiminy
Tube rolling
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Nocturnal310
Double Amplification
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Redwingnine
Just installed Sonarworks Sound ID Reference...Wow!
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jasonb
To crossfeed or not to crossfeed? That is the question...
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drummerman1
Can a good op amp these days be as good (or better) as good discrete amplifier circuitry?
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Redwingnine
Why can't I get into planar headphones?
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Redwingnine
Redwingnine
Longfellow78
Days of ear pain - audiophile journey already over? Help?!!
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BudMovin
BudMovin
Digital Enigma
Audio compression
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bigshot
bigshot
bigshot
Sound Science Corner Pub
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2leftears
2leftears
Vamp898
Measuring IEM without an coupler
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gregorio
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marone
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Why CD's Sounded Better in 1983
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malocadi
How does Unison USB produce better sound?
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Do solid state amplifiers sound the same ?
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castleofargh
castleofargh
castleofargh
Cognitive biases, we all have them because they are us.
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2leftears
2leftears
lindijones
iPhone vs. Android via USB-C sound quality difference is huge
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Sound Eq
why these days music from the 80s is intolerable to listen to
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dunring
Measuring noise floor of 4 volt DAC vs 5 volt on the same amplifier
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gregorio
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Do headphones sound better when the drivers are further away from the ears?
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chezzer
chezzer
Dragonmilenario
Aging and Hearing: Worried About Losing High Frequencies
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XXII
How do you measure sound stage?
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1monkey
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Vamp898
The mystery of the 3.5mm --> 6.35mm Adapter
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redrol
redrol
MonochromeFashionLawyer
Low impedance IEMs vs low impedance speakers
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lini
lini
GrandNagus50
4.4mm balanced cable to 3.5mm stereo adapter(s) only left channel works, why?
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Dragonmilenario
My six-year-old daughter flawlessly passed a blind test between a silver-plated wire and a copper one
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Impedance rating on cables
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Sha1rholder
Introduction to the Impedance and Impedance Curve of Headphones
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castleofargh
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Sha1rholder
the Basics of Digital and Analog Audio
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SoundAndMotion
Continuation of Mr Haelscheir's excellent thread responding to WaveTheory's video series on cables mattering for audio
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VNandor
VNandor
bigshot
Perception Without Awareness
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Ryokan
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johncarm
left ear resonance
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2leftears
reddragon
is apple lossless real lossless?
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MLGrado
Topping D30 II lite blog entry with (continuing) thoughts on DSD implementation
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