Yes.So did you stop at the $1200 cable?
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Not considered poor. At least I paid my credit card bill off.poor?
Ridge Street Audio. Synergistic Research is another. I said this before. Do you read?Surely there is a more expensive cable that will sound more expensive than the one you have.
It's like a train wreck. I can't turn away.
Neither. I'll give you some, on the waxing part. But still, for me, that's serious.
I never said it will make treble clearer. Are you trying to be dumb?
I am actually planning to apply two more coats of wax. I might pickup a primer too.
I never said it removed ticks and pops from my macbook. I knew those pops weren't going to go away. What I was after was the sound quality differences in the music. It's not my fault that you can't afford a nice cable. No need to try blame on the other guy because you can't get one, nor can you hear any differences. You can't afford such things, go find a better job.
So.. I'm gay
I don't care what you are... it's not my business. lol.
Nope, I paid $1178 after tax, IIRC.
Good boy.
It's $13 and change.
No you are not being trolled. This is real.
Me? f'ed in the head? Nope. Far..................... from it. I am serious.
The waxing is serious, too. I did that to apply extra protection and better appearance. But I do agree. Some people will find this trolling.
Good DACs will generally have (1) a buffered clock, that synchronizes with the input clock, so the DAC's output is nice and even, with each cycle being an average of that of the input over time, (2) use very high internal sample rates, which effectively turns jitter into no more than a fraction-of-a-dB of white noise, (c) both of the prior items, or (d) be extremely true to the incoming signal's clock, bit rate, and bit depth, and generally make a big point about that, so you know that if you want to go crazy spending on said DAC, you should also spend on a dedicated quality transport.It's the question of how the signal will be transferred from external DAC to the speakers. And keep in mind that cables not only reduce noise / jitter but it causes different sound signatures. It's not that simple as just taking care of "internally".
With better speakers, and a calibrated EQ, I might even believe it.This is, actually, a good question. I'm glad you asked this.
I was listening to a track "Somewhere" by July artist and I was just trying to enjoy the music but the low tone cello note popped out of the speakers. This instrument was very very faint with the generic cable. With the Sydney cable it came right up close to my face and kind of distracted me from music listening. The cello presence was so strong it came in front of the piano. With the generic cable this note was far, far behind the piano instrument. I was like wtf..... I wondered myself, did the song change? It's the same song. But I was surely amazed with the immense difference. It's not just a little, it's HUGE. Gigantic. And I am not exaggerating on this one. This also took out my silver cable. Scary stuff.
The OP is no Patrick82, but is it that bad?Well, my mind has officially been blown. I'd ask for the OP to contribute to my mortgage down-payment fund, but I figure it's best to abort this thread before it goes nova.
Aw, you've missed out, then. You can go here, then on the left, to "threads started." AT couldn't handle the brackets in the search URL itself. Most of the pictures are gone, now, too, which will take away some of the humor. He liked to add oddball photos of the gear, graphs, and things like that, too.Not familiar with the Patrick82 situation
For small amounts, it makes sense--whoever is selling it needs to make money, and consumer-level hifi audio is not a huge market. But, that's why it's easy to find $500 DACs. The gross profit margins often have to be hundreds of percent for small operations, once they go beyond the level of trying to make a hobby pay for itself. A great deal of good gear would be 1/4 or less the price, if the market were larger.I'm highly skeptical of any consumer device that costs more than professional equipment.
you must be trolling. no way you would use a $1200 cable with $200 speakers ($200 because of the convenience of integrated amp, at that)
This.
Incidentally, my $200 stereo speakers have a digital input. So I just run a $7 optical cable from the computer.
It's shielded by some kind of special thing that makes EMI not interfere with the optical signal. I think it's called "laws of physics."
I've heard enough shitty, fuzzy audio from computers that had crappy cables running along their AC lines that I can believe the OP. Could they have done just as well with a $50 cable? Probably.
But that's why audio engineers went all-digital. Fucking audiophiles, with their vacuum tubes and delusions about 'warm' vacuum tubes and painting the edges of their CDs green.
I think the $1200 vs. $150 cable will be a diminishing returns issue.
And the same goes for the internal connection of the A2. You will also need to re-wire the female/input jack that connects to the internal amp (undoubtedly using stock wires).Awesome, glad you like it. But at this point, the weakness in your setup is the physical connection in the 3.5mm female in the laptop to the 3.5mm male on the cable. It's a fairly weak mechanical connection and you're limited to the materials that go into the 3.5mm jack built into your Macbook. Have you considered taking the end off of the cable and soldering directly to the PCB output traces? Otherwise, you have a $1200 silver cable terminating on a $0.25 female aluminum/copper jack... at both ends.
Finally you said something right. I am impressed. That is very correct.You also can't "go digital" with audio since at the heart of it it's still an analog signal to your speakers. Between your DAC and power amp you can't use a digital connection.
If it was the other way around ($1200 speaker w/ $200 cable) it would have been ordinary typical boring setup. This is an unique setup and attracts the crowd. That is one of the reasons why I decided to go this route.wtf $200 speakers + $1200 cables. That's funny.
Awesome, glad you like it. But at this point, the weakness in your setup is the physical connection in the 3.5mm female in the laptop to the 3.5mm male on the cable. It's a fairly weak mechanical connection and you're limited to the materials that go into the 3.5mm jack built into your Macbook. Have you considered taking the end off of the cable and soldering directly to the PCB output traces? Otherwise, you have a $1200 silver cable terminating on a $0.25 female aluminum/copper jack... at both ends.
Good points.And the same goes for the internal connection of the A2. You will also need to re-wire the female/input jack that connects to the internal amp (undoubtedly using stock wires).
Good points.
Thanks for the comment, sjwaste & Zorander. Funny thing you mentioned about the quality of the physical connections' 3.5mm input and output. Yes, I had thought about it before. That's why I was a bit worried that I may not gain much in SQ when I did the cable upgrade. But fortunately, the sound quality gain is incredible. Biggest jump from generic to the Sydney for unexpected low end detail. And increased highs with detail and reflection with the Angel. The difference of the sound is very distinctive. Now if those physical connectors were made of professional / studio grade? I'm sure the resulting sound would have been better I agree. I am more shocked with the huge jump in sound with Sydney out of my little dinky "A2" speakers.
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Not that epic troll is not that epic, but it's certainly not bad either.