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Prior to watching this video, please check out Lachlan’s critique of 24-bit audio. In it he distills the important bits about Hi-Res bits.Before we begin, let me be clear: there is nothing wrong with believing that Hi-Res audio sounds better, or that you get a better experience out of it. No, stair steps do not represent discrete sampled signals, and no, you won’t ever hear music at 120dB of dynamic range. But if you receive joy from listening to music recorded or mastered or merely upsampled into Hi-Res audio, good on you.
Beyond theoretical benchmarks and personal anecdotes, there is no evidence that hi-res 24-bit audio delivers any audible benefit to the ear, especially at human-safe listening volumes. As a semi-objective reviewer, I call out audio gear that fails to perform up to its hi-res marketing promises. Largely, that is the purpose of the audio/data portion of this website. The latest dedicated audio device to fail is FiiO’s M6. The most famous to fail the test is Sony’s NW-ZX2…
Resources for understanding noise, sampling rates, and other resources.
1. Noise - Occupational Exposure Limits in Canada http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/phys_agents/exposure_can.html
2. Decibel (Loudness) Comparison Chart http://www.hearnet.com/at_risk/risk_trivia.shtml
3. D/A and A/D | Digital Show and Tell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIQ9IXSUzuM
4. Audio File 01: Bit Depth & The 24 Bit Audio Myth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLEhfieoMq85. NwAvGuy’s take on RMAA https://nwavguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/rightmark-audio-analyzer-rmaa.html
6. Mojo Audio - The 24-bit Delusion https://www.mojo-audio.com/blog/the-24bit-delusion/
Media files
1. Milky Way Galaxy | Creative Commons Captions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVEyow1kYBk
2 An ear https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Öra#/media/Fil:Ear.jpg
3 Rippings sounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH02FkkFc7M
Music used in this video is from RoccoW (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/RoccoW)
1. RoccoW - Weeklybeats 2014 #4 - All Will Be Wellhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/RoccoW/Weeklybeats_2014/Weeklybeats_4_-_All_Will_Be_Well
2. RoccoW - Weeklybeats 2014 #7 - Freaking Vikinghttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/RoccoW/Weeklybeats_2014/Weeklybeats_2014_7_-_Freaking_Viking
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEQhjT2PDiE
Golden Week is over and Thursday thing is back, with a change to VLOG ma boi! (Not that a two-volume series has tradition of any kind to preserve.)
This time, I'm talking up two things I've rented/borrowed: the Suzuki Alto Works Kei car and the Canon EOS R. Both are better on paper, but heaps of fun in action and in hand.
Suzuki Alto Works Kei Car
https://www.suzuki.co.jp/car/alto_works/
Canon EOS R
https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/cameras/eos-dslr-and-mirrorless-cameras/mirrorless/eos-r
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kt___BI2oM
This is my farewell/review to/of Canon's 80D, which rocked most of my videos this year, and which blew me away at most every twist and turn. I've since sold it, the circumstances of which I hope this video illustrates.
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Music used in this video is from RoccoW (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/RoccoW)
1. RoccoW - Weeklybeats 2014 #4 - All Will Be Wellhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/RoccoW/Weeklybeats_2014/Weeklybeats_4_-_All_Will_Be_Well
2. RoccoW - Weeklybeats 2014 #7 - Freaking Vikinghttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/RoccoW/Weeklybeats_2014/Weeklybeats_2014_7_-_Freaking_Viking
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXHve_ffcHU
Disclaimer: FiiO supplied me the BTR1K direct. I did not pay for it, nor did I need to bother about customs. The BTR1K is the direct successor to the BTR1, but has a better antenna and Bluetooth chip, as well as expanded codec support, and, to keep up with its latest Bluetooth DACs, USB-C.
You can find out all about it here: https://www.fiio.com/btr1k
My previous Bluetooth video - which featured the BTR1K - is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4MyvQLlGVo
If you're keen to read the RMAA measurements, load, and other comparison graphs, hit them up here: http://ohm-image.net/data/audio/rmaa-fiio-btr1k-24-bit
I've reviewed the Sony ZX300 at Fauxtaku Lounge, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD6ArX3JrBk
And the Onkyo DP-S1 also at Fauxtaku Lounge, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfYNFg333AQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4MyvQLlGVo
Disclaimer: Begin Audio kindly sent the DMS to ohm, straight, for the purposes of this review. I paid nothing for it. It goes for around 159$ USD. Inside are packed six balanced armature drivers in several bundles, and a single dual diaphragm dynamic driver. That’s seven drivers. Insanity! You can find out all about the DMS here:
https://beginaudio.com/products/bgvp-dms
To me, the DM7 defined what BGVP (BigVip) can do. But the DMS, both cheaper and cooler looking than its brothers, is my current BigVip favourite. I like its lines, its slim cable, its slim plug, its awesome metalwork, and more. I like it so much that I’m questioning hitherto support for a few key Chi-Fi earphones out there.
Haptics and build: ohmage and porridge
Yes, the DMS’s slimline cable is microphonic. Yes, it tangles. But heck, it has an actual real neck cinch and it even looks okay. Its plug is just as low-profile, and cooler still, it is branded. Overall, it is sturdy, strong, and made to weather the horrors of intimate use proximate to sweat and face oil. Strategically placed, you could probably garrotte a flock of home-heading ducks with it.
Face-on, the DMS’s metallic body is sexy. Its finely perforated grill sits under open BGVP-branding and its sound tube grill and flange are sharp and beautifully machined. Really, at its hundreds, the level and quality of detail-work shown in the DMS gives Ultrasone’s Sapphire a run for its thousands. Unlike Ultrasone, however, BigVip don’t appear to be able to design outside of the same-old custom-cum-universal (CCU) shell. It is a lazy and tired look. And, it works from a branding perspective, but only when the manufacturer primarily designs custom-fit earphones. Typically, the fit of CCU designs is so generic that you might as well be wearing someone else’s ear impressions.
Long rant short, the DMS doesn’t sit firm in my ears. It is comfy enough, but a press anywhere basically rises one part, or other, out of the ear. What I said in the DM7 review applies equally here: Too many custom-cum-universals forgo proper ergonomic design for what amounts to cheap faxing of a favoured staff’s ear impressions.
The full text of the review can be found at ohm image:
http://ohm-image.net/opinion/audiophile/ohmage-to-the-bgvp-dms
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khAfHCcXy50
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So, uh, we, uh, YouTube users trawl various fora. And, therein we’ll meet super duper progressive and effete chaps and chapets. That’s cool and all. But it’s totally not cool when those chaps and chapets break their progressive mould to demonise the other camp.
Or… maybe it’s just progressive.
Anyway, this is part 1.
See yous later.
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The criteria by which I judge wireless earphones are pretty simple. Four steps is all.
And, they’re in this video. Note: 1More, Flares, and Astrotec stuff in this video came to me for review. I paid nothing for them. The AirPods I got on Auction when they were still sold out across Japan. Love them.
Links:Astrotec S60 - https://www.astrotecglobal.com/s60
1More stylish BT - https://usa.1more.com/products/1more-stylish-dual-dynamic-driver-bt-in-ear-headphones
Advanced Model 3 Wireless - https://www.adv-sound.com/products/model-3
Apple AirPods - https://www.apple.com/airpods/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYXX-FctJ6Y