Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ?


With few notable exceptions, not for me.

inna

With A.I. anybody can have all the specs numbers, recommendations and opinions summed up in one place...

 I just asked GROK  to explain to me how to use optimally the sextett K240 headphone with my new incoming dac with my headphone amplifier for my secondary system...( i already knew how and why but i was curious and GROK explained to me all the equations at play and why )

What no one will have just reading GROK  is the fun experiments we must do with acoustics... Ask GROK what it is then trust your ears and have the best fun of your life (Helmholtz resonators,absorption-diffusion-reflective devices balance,ASW/LV ratio parameters, comb filters,cross-feed,cross-talk use etc)

Or with unusual "tweaks"  which can improve low cost system...(Schumann generators,ionization,minerals use etc)

 

 i am here to talk with people  and i read and participate in the jazz and classical questions and other threads indirectly linked to audio, i even created some myself, not for just to gain mere information  for an upgrade i  may & must learn elsewhere anyway by myself... Those newcomers who search for a specific information can ask here but they must know that there is many people here who know each other for many years...

I learned how to do room/system installation  for myself with acoustics..

I advice people to read about acoustics before upgrading if their system is already synergical and minimally good...

Purchasing race is a plague ... Learning is a cure...

 

If someone says cables don’t matter or if they say usb cables are just 1’s and 0’s that’s a red flag to me. I don’t respect or listen to their opinions. Just being honest.  

Just for fun, it takes me 15 seconds to have the answer to this question from GROK :

https://x.com/i/grok/share/x73moRLkvY6kwFlDGwXNKMqli

 Do you see the details it can give  referring even  to my opinions in another forum about the synergy of these pieces of gear and reference from others reviews ? It is astounding..

 

 

 

I am here to learn from "friends" in a human way...

 I can learn anything alone and i had done it for audio because we learn from our experiment not so much from others opinions...

But i cannot have  human discussion with a machine or a book...

 Some of those who complain about "old dudes" with nothing to do who come here   are young ignorants about life...

 

 

By the way to give my comment about GROK analysis to my question about the Sansui alpha specs and the AKG K340 hybrid:

Electrostatic Driver Demands: The K340’s electrostatic driver requires clean, high-voltage amplification. The AU-α607i’s balanced circuit should provide this, but a specialized headphone amp (e.g., tube OTL) might extract slightly better detail from the electrostatic driver.
GROK is right here.But 1 year ago i bought a tube microzotl to drive my K340 and the noise floor was lower and the details were more audible, but all the rest, natural timbre, spatial holographic characteristics, out of the head impression, etc were not there because this model headphone amplifier was not able to drive the K340 with enough power.

 

 

Yes here and there. 

Found ‘not common’ sources for quiet LPS, good cables, tweaks, etc. 

Great insights and eloquence in some posts. 

Been observing here in silence for over a year and will say there are a few folks that have imparted some really good information and others that just run their keyboard or mouth and offer nothing of real value.