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If only upgrades could be put gear on a scale being an upgrade. Something like a harmonic mean, or reference by out peers. Via some null hypothesis. Spider charts seem to be one of our best ways to visualize the data.

@Gazny And even spider charts aren't infallible. Familiarity with how the maker of the chart describes sound, plus familiarity with how that user defines terms is a must.

At the end of the day, I re-found there's no royal way. Everything is a matter of translation from one coordinate to another coordinate. Experience talks.

Commonly used used codes for popular functions?

Apple remote and clones are actually quite common for smaller consumer audio devices. What's annoying is when i try to change the volume on my preamp and it changes the settings on my mac mini.

Glad it finally arrived.

Kinda unique experience because neither BF2 nor Modius was this nitpicking. With usual settings, too much wraparound and somewhat diffusing. To compensate, I ended up with way more aggressive angles than typically go for.

Does the filter affect this much for you? I find linear (red) to be a little more strong from a center image perspective.

Will check out other filters later (my impression all coming from black one + upsampling to 88.2/96), but didn't think center images any stronger or weaker -- at least with my OB speakers (dual 15in bass + WG-ed compression rivers). Stages more evident to my ears. Much wider than thought + a little too distant than things layered.

Settled down with 2541 SE out --> Aegir SE --> M3. Borderline minimalism simple but they worked.

What is a BWC badge? Some kind of professional certification?

Nah, just a semi-meme exclusive in sbaf -- "Big Woofer Club". Conferred to obsessive lovers of large (15in or larger) drivers.

To my employer's credit, this is not a weekend extra work. Just personally working on a publication with Texan coresearchers. So, should be categorized to a 'hobby'.. haha.. ha...

Nothing beats music & coffee!

Looking back, all quite interesting. Each (from,to) pair is a great illustration of what I struggled and what I sought for.

It would be cool if you could add some thoughts on the D/S thread and why you moved the direction you did. Even if you enjoy the MOTU

Maybe.. but probably not. I'm kinda opting out that thread because I am not qualified. To me things aren't framed that way. Above certain levels, what I liked or didn't like were more associated with product-specific voicing.

For example, I found X26-BF2 rather close (warm, dark, responsive) whereas CV2-X26 and BF2-2541 both quite drastic.

^although weirdly enough, I find it less amp-picky than Auteur. Kind of a strange dichotomy

I have been doubting my 2541 order lately as I wait for it to arrive...so your posts over the last 24 hours have been just the affirmation I need. Very excited to try it out. I think it will be just the ticket for my LS3/5A. Now whether I like it more than BF2 with SW51+ and stable of headphones will be the question.

@ChaChaRealSmooth Haha, Verite is also picky at different levels. I often hook up to a couple of Toppings. Rejection severer than I recall for Auteur. lol. Auteur more pickier as approaching to the optimal point.

@Inoculator Looking forward to hearing your impression. I don't think I can go back to any of bifrost, gungnir, or yggdrasil for different reasons respectively, but huge subjective/personal factors kick in.

Yup. All agreed. Real race is not a one time show (such as drag race) but complicated sum of every part of system. And that's often observed in any part of specialized tech areas -- of course including audio.

Anyway naturally aspirated engine must be super obsolete (as per JA) in 2021, and glad to see such a car outperforms something like Tesla by big big margin (1:15 delta in Nordschleife lmfao)

Is this what we're talking about?
https://youtu.be/7oH44w4RGp8

Yeah, that's the newer 992 gt3 one. Indeed most previous gen gt3s commonly showed "spec is only number" in any shape. lol

Which covering type did you get back then?

Lambskin. Mines are one of the earliest prototypes, so I am unsure if they're the same as current ones.

Finally you see the light.

Not only randos, almost everything in life is that way. Our minds are butthurt I guess.

Let alone my badass VC preference to VO by a bit.. But VC LTD is semi-unobtanium (for reasonable costs/trades).

Freya+ gain (or something like Nexus-T) + Continuity out in Mjo pricing... that must be really something to make bold claims.... (drooling)

give another few days!

Should hear more to confirm, but (with M4-Erish-Verite) everything wetter and more agreeable richness on lower highs.

I felt my m2 had good impact on my 6XX. It has taken over desktop duty, also helps that it doesn't heat up my room.

That's interesting. I personally didn't like much how 6xx driven by M4. It doesn't sound catastrophic, but not very engaging and articulate in ways I like. But it could be just me -- my love-hatred with 6xx has a long history and documented here and there. lol.

I came across some Excel models I built many years ago. I was proud of them at the time. Looking at them now, the use of formulas was pedestrian. Layout = disjointed Color palette was pathetic. I know what you mean!

It's all part of learning process and we all have to go thru this. That's why its important to have Team leads as reviewer and mentor.

I once read words to this effect from a coder:
“The worst code I ever wrote was 3 months ago, and the best code I ever wrote was today. This will also be true 3 months from now...”