In Reply to: RE: "The problem with measurements". Some thoughts .... posted by morricab on February 22, 2024 at 00:58:54:
Some options:
- conventional measurements cannot capture whatever recreates soundstage depth from a recording
- soundstage depth is an artifact created by less accurate reproduction
- reviewers have to find something less-than-stellar to say about a non-astronomically priced product in order to justify the astronomically priced products
- reviewers will find something critical about Chinese products (this may be more about price, see above, but maybe a little xenophobia creeps in)
- reviewers will find something critical about products that don't fit their criteria of the 'best' implementations, i.e. using opamps instead of discrete no-feedback buffers, using SMPS instead of a beefy linear supply, etc.
- If a product is perceived as having a weakness then reviewers jump on that train and never get off.My comment earlier about not measuring what goes on between the ears was about psychology - is the listener in a good mood, did the listener have a poor night's sleep, is the listener more critical in the morning, afternoon or evening, has he/she had, or not had, a shag recently, is a reviewer rushing to meet a deadline, how large is the ego of the reviewer and where does this product fit into their world view of the audio hierarchy, etc?
Why is the Topping D90 even a concern to you? Because it measures better than your own choice of DAC so you have to find something to criticize?
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Follow Ups
- RE: "The problem with measurements". Some thoughts .... - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 02/22/2410:22:48 02/22/24 (5)
- RE: "The problem with measurements". Some thoughts .... - morricab 07:55:21 02/29/24 (0)
- An 'artifact' in case of single-component soundstage - Feanor 04:36:38 02/26/24 (3)
- RE: An 'artifact' in case of single-component soundstage - morricab 08:01:28 02/29/24 (2)
- So what "magic" accounts for the phenomenon? - Feanor 04:49:31 03/4/24 (1)
- RE: So what "magic" accounts for the phenomenon? - morricab 06:05:38 03/4/24 (0)