Two DACs: I need to choose the one which sounds better!

Discussion in 'Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers' started by xdccr, May 21, 2024.

  1. Lyander

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    Ignore me, the coffee hadn't yet kicked in and my brain parsed "I also believe 122dB THD+N @1kHz equipment can sound better than 122", hah. Been getting a lot of reports of SMSL gear (and now Topping) not sounding bad. Not sure if I'm willing to risk money putting that to test just now but maybe someone else can chime in to see whether they've begun sounding any less insipid. More competition can't be a bad thing, though at the price point these are positioned at invites some stiff competition.
     
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    LOL the usual audiophool nonsense.
    The reason the OP cannot hear difference is because any difference between highly transparent DACs like these are WELL beyond human capabilities. THAT is the only truth and backed up by science and measurements.
    All you audiofools have is flowery prose and anecdotes of what you THINK you heard.
    Yet you ALL fail in any proper blind test..that is the few that dare to even try it LOL
    This nonsense has to stop...stop giving away your money to companies taking advantage of the gullible!
     
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    Obvious troll. Go back to ASR my guy. This isn't the place for you.
     
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    This... is just pathetic. Maybe get a hobby? Not audio, but rather something for which you have at least a little aptitude. Writing is right out for you as well; trolling too - you're barely a 1 on a 1-10 scale, due to a complete lack of original thought. Maybe whittling doodads from wood you find while wandering aimlessly? Are you allowed to handle sharp things? You sound quite immature, so just making sure I'm not suggesting an unsafe activity for a youngster!
     
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    @MonoMariop95 , you're the fool for wasting part of this short life on trolling.
     
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    “Modern DACs all sound the same because their distortion/noise measurements are beyond the range of human hearing!” (Chooses DAC with -120db SINAD measurement)
     
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    Hey man, whittling is a f'ing art form! Don't go dragging it down like that!:cool:
     
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    hahaha the only thing you can do is insult because that is what people with ZERO evidence can do.
    Its 2025...dont you think is time to stop believing in fairy dust and magical gear?
    NOBODY NOBODY has ever passed a blind test to prove all this nonsense you claim here yet you are such believers.
    Its seriously hilarious.
    I guess this is just another head-fi like forum.
    I am out of here lol
     
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    hahaha YOU are the fool wasting your time imaging sounds and nondense that only exists in YOUR brain. too funny
     
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    Yes I agree....all this believing in nonsense that you can never prove, is indeed pathetic.

    I will leave you all to enjoy your magical gear that only YOU can hear...as long as you can see what is being tested of course lol
    Seriously guys, its time to wake up from the koolaid and stop letting companies rip you off playing on ignorance .
    Your money so waste it any way you like.

    Until....never
     
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    Well thanks! I have been. I hope that you have a nice day.
     
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    Internet searches appear not to be part of your skill set. ALL fail is an absolute statement. Yet without much work here are two examples to the contrary:
    https://www.superbestaudiofriends.o...audio-spring2-kte-listening-evaluation.10989/
    https://www.superbestaudiofriends.o...tic-vs-magni-with-statistical-analysis.13192/
     
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    Why is this guy hurting so much?
     
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    Religion, politics and I guess audio gear are subjects not for for the dinner table. Too many people need everyone to accept and believe in their views instead of living their own way and letting others live that way too. Or so it seems to me.
     
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    @MonoMariop95 , I tell you what, make yourself useful. I'm pretty tense - why don't you suck my dick?
     
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    There is so much to unpack in this statement, but that's converstation for when the adults are talking. As someone who is not a fan of M. Night Shyamalan, I knew it from the first frame! You are all so lovely and generous for engaging in good faith - albeit with full fun Pyrate crabbiness.
     
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    Well, I imagine he'd argue that mouths that measure the same feel the same whereas I feel that form factor + subjective impressions matter, unless of course sexual pleasure was also just a matter of simple measurements.
     
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