Recent content by nicoff

I am not familiar with their product lines. I have seen many reports of folks comparing headphones costing under $1k to others costing several times their price.

Are you aware that your Hifiman are from China? Also Fiio and Moondrop.

LOL! 🤣

And they may sound better than the ones you own!

LOL

Chinese companies have already disrupted DACs, amps, and streamers. Are $3,000–$5,000 headphones the next high-end category facing a reckoning?

A follow up: http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/08/magic-beans-audio-true-target-dsp.html

FWIW, don’t rely solely on the advice of the panel manufacturer. Do your homework. Check out room acoustic calculator like Amroc https://amcoustics.com/tools/amroc?l=500&w=400&h=300&slf=0&swf=0&shf=0&tlf=1&twf=1&thf=1&rt60=0.21 Also use REW or some other software to assist you in the fine...

Succession problems, competition, and innovation all matter. But the bigger issue may be that audiophiles have reordered their priorities. As speakers, room acoustics, and DSP have come to be seen as having a much greater impact on sound quality, cables have shifted from being viewed as...

Unless you’ve actually heard the WiiM in your system, your claim of a “vast difference” isn’t based on listening—it’s based on the price tag. Expensive does not automatically mean better (specially true in a streamer). Meanwhile, the “toy” supports Roon and current Spotify Connect at a fraction...

Maybe this will refresh your memory. That below are your words describing the Conductor app’s quirks as “annoying.” Dismissing a cheaper streamer as a “toy” doesn’t fix the shortcomings of your “stellar” one.

Considering that you once touted Aurender and Conductor as offering superior sound, it’s interesting that the same $7,000+ server now has a glitchy app, doesn’t support Roon, and lacks current bit-perfect Spotify Connect. Perhaps it’s time to try a sub-$1,000 WiiM or Eversolo that can do all...

For those interested, the following link leads to a very good discussions about room target curves and the use of DSP. https://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/07/room-target-curves-then-now-and-options.html

I think you missed his point. He said "your logic is flawed"

You misunderstand what DSP does. Good speakers, good placement, good room—and DSP. They’re complements, not competitors.