Recent content by ToppingSMSL

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    Not the WHF Best 2025 HiFi Awards

    As you grow older Mr Crapapple marketing gets more and more tiring.
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    Farcical things said about HiFi!

    "CD players sound different" is one such farcical thing.
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    Review DAC comparison. Cheap vs expensive (14 test tracks)

    Any your evidence is?
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    3M RCA cable

    Another vote for Amazon basics here.
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    Denafrips Ares 15th DAC

    Spending large amounts on a DAC doesn't achieve much. Unless it's for the visual aesthetics.
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    A polite conversation about the merits of different DAC technologies.

    He's more thank likely a victim of placebo. I no longer watch YouTubers who specialise in subjective reviews.
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    Are all CD players really equal?

    Opinion should be based on some fragment of reality. Typing in block capitals isn't a good look when you can't back up what you say.
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    Are all CD players really equal?

    And they affect what we hear how? The measurements indicate to us that they do not affect what we can hear.
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    Are all CD players really equal?

    Well that does nothing to explain why they're not. Typing in block capitals makes people trust you less.
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    RIAA curve

    Way too complicated. Thank goodness for CDs.
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    What was your most inexpensive or most cost effective HiFi discovery

    Least expensive - cables sound the same. DACs sound the same. So you can save money and put it towards amazing speakers.
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    RIAA curve

    Audio Science Review measure this: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/phono-amplifier-review-index.60240/ https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/cambridge-audio-duo-phono-stage-review-updated.46659/
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    The Cable Conundrum. Are We Really Hearing The Difference ?

    There are countless videos on YouTube explaining why cables will not sound different (unless their measurements fall outside very wide parameters which would be a design flaw).
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    Best New Albums of 2025

    Nowadays I use digital downloads or CDs. Not that interested in vinyl.