skem

I thought it was another of those song-lyric posts!

It's what I get for posting while checking out groceries.

It has taken me all day to identify the melody that my brain was setting your "lyric" to:

I shot the Sheriff!
(But I did not keep the tangerines)

Spouse: Why does your iPad (JRemote) say it’s 5pm?

Me: because it is 5pm.

Spouse: You mean we’ve been doing this all day? Oh. Where was that track for hearing jitter again...

I read through Allo impressions and most of them dont like 5v iFI, even prefer stock power. Don't know why though. Your impressiom might change as you roll batteries/psu.

I compared using the most sensitive-to-jitter track I’ve found and I can’t hear any difference between ifi and batteries when listening with speakers (headphones are often more resolving but not really to jitter). FWIW, my wall warts are far away from DigiOne

Got that AKM Velveeta sound?

Will try with external analog volume control off the line-level out, but I’m not holding out a lot of hope.

Seems timbre is not so mushy now. But still sounds compressed in the macro dynamics. Volume control was not at issue.

Also this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYjHKv2_OqQ

It has a moderately bad noise floor that goes up with the volume trim, limiting the total dynamic range. I can *always* hear it regardless of volume. I’ll measure it later. It’s not as bad as PSAudio DirectStream, however. EDIT: on the bench the noise measures way below audible levels. Yet I do hear noise with Convert that I don’t hear with other DACs I don’t here it. SNR = -80 to -113 dB according to QA401.

It is also bright. Universally, regardless of transducer or program material, It sounds tipped up at the end. It sounds flat elsewhere.

I prefer Benchmark to TT1.

I've never lasted ten minutes with a Chord product. Total butt but at least not the apocalyptic lake of molten glass butt of Mytek.

@skem (i’m only 8 months late) you may want to try the DA-11 with an AES source....

Gah! What is it with water lately. How bad did it get you?

Had an older guy call in recently, his ceiling was leaking and he didn't realize his preamp and cd player had water all over the internals.Turned it on and then saw smoke and heard some not great noises.

After 8 hours of borescopes and drywall removal I found the leak. No damage to amps. Maybe some to headphones. Unsure still. Anyway, Hugo TT and Metrum Adagio arrived today. Soothing my nerves.

Seems it’s a Klipsh-related product. Measurements look OK/unremarkable.

OK.. I wrote up thoughts now in Gungnir Impressions

No where do any of those measurements suggest audible levels of 3rd order distortion.

It’s OK to not like something, but let’s be real here and not start reaching.

Plus if you are twisting measurement results in such a way, I have no clue why you’d want to try the Adagio, which measures much worse. (Plus Pavane Lvl 2 or 3 will get same sound for less, unless you want the preamp part).

Nevermind, I see all this and more was covered in the thread.

Digital attenuation has artefacts. If you can't hear them your system is not resolving enough.

Shiity digital attenuation and/or extreme digital attenuation. Otherwise everything processed digitally would have artifacts...all those DSP plugins fouling up the music.

@m17xr2b not all digital attenuation is created equal. Though I see @GoodEnoughGear beat me to the punch. If you're that concerned, try Airwindows PurestGain or even more extreme, shift it down exactly one bit. https://www.airwindows.com/bitshiftgain/

I just see clouds and snow falling unfortunately.

Most likely the clocks since it's not oven controlled. Resistors do change with temperature but they probably heat up quickly enough.

More thinking: if all the resistors in the R:2R have the same temp coefficient, nothing should change. If the rungs and the rails have different temp coefficients, then we would get harmonic distortion.

As long as one clock is MCLK, shouldn’t the sound be slight out of tune but otherwise distortion free?

Average clock frequency isn't the problem as much as the jitter. I would say that within the chip the resistors can heat up unevenly. Tbh I'm pulling at straws myself, but the end result is hard to deny.

Their software is acting strange. Even when playing album cued tracks shuffle kicks in. I might only keep it for new album releases and then go back to making my own play lists like the old days.

In talking to non-Audio friends work, I was surprised how many were unfamiliar with Tidal.

@Uri Cohen - I guess Birth Control not needed for those 9 months, and do they reattach when winter comes :)

LOL. After living in the sweatbox for nine months of the year for almost 20 years, I need a break.

You’re in SoCal, screw the system. Spend every night seeing an amazing live show.

Whoops, did the accidental-fat-thumb-dislike/undislike/like. Peace!

It’s a good thing. I’d write out the Schiit names if I didn’t have to lookup the spelling each time. :-/

SEO is for realz.

Just when I was getting used to the shortform after forcing myself to adopt it, haha. But yeah, this definitely helps when looking stuff up, so while I can see how it'd suck for some SEO wins out

Nice! Where is the water jet? Through work?

Yes, at my work. I also made a walnut enclosure there. I’ll post pics soon.

Details now here: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/pass-b1-volume-control.7254/

Also, disagreeing with others is encouraged, so long as it's done nicely and can generate good discussion. Some people can be assholes and not receive sanctions, but eh, that's just nepotism— nothing anyone living in a democratic country wouldn't be familiar with.

@Lyer25 "nothing anyone living in a democratic country wouldn't be familiar with."

That gave me a good chuckle, the funniest stuff is always rooted in truth.

It makes sense, considering how people use humour to sublimate negative emotions and stuff :P

No but really we basically have fiefdoms in some cities here. Blergh.

Going back on-topic, I'm still okay with the tags, helps keep in mind people I can bug for info :))