Enter the modern hifi world. Try this test.

@audphile1 

You are the most classless person I’ve ever encountered on a forum. Downright insulting, extremely rude, and pretentious, with an overwhelming desire to have the moral high ground, even though it doesn’t belong to you.

@frank009 that guy’s dead. As dead as your brain cells. 
you must be some lonely schmuck who still lives in his mother’s basement. Alone. Not even the “idiot” wife that “mistakes 10 to 15 mistakes a day” anywhere within the vicinity. Mommy brings you microwaved lunch so you don’t get disrupted from your trolling here  

Real mature. This is not how adults talk. I wonder how you function in every day life at all...  talking about my mother, living in my mom’s basement? Buddy, I am very well off financially. If we ever met in person you would probably run away like a wimp. You seem to hide behind a profile photo that isn’t you and a persona where you are an authority on audio, when you are the polar opposite. I could say life would be pretty lousy living as you, and I’d probably be right.

@kennyc  

You are not living in 2026. You are stuck in the 1970s. I suggest you read textbooks about audio reproduction, and grow up. And... accept the reality that technology has advanced rapidly since you started your audiophile journey vs today. In addition, you seem to have a totally incomplete understanding of audio as a subject of study. I find your responses to be both immature and primitive.

5 MB harddrive being shipped by IBM - 1956. : r/OldSchoolCool

And given how fast computers have evolved (AI, graphics cards, CPUs, storage) you’re telling me that audio electronics has been moving at a turtle’s pace since its inception, and we still can’t get close to perfect audio reproduction? Well then, you are hilariously wrong.

transistors, DAC chips, and other parts have followed the same process -

Miniaturization - Wikipedia

Nyquist Sampling Theorem - GeeksforGeeks

it’s really that simple. The modern world is supported by this; which without we’d still be in the stone age technologically. Have a nice day.

And... might I add to anyone else who suggests I am "wrong" to try the test I am proposing first, before reaching illogical and senseless conclusions that have no basis in objective reality.

It's one thing to feel insecure because you spent too much money on your stereo and not your children's education; and another thing feel insecure because you need forum friends to stand up for you and accept your ideas; no matter how ridiculous.

 

frank009 OP

39 posts

06-07-2026 at 01:25am 

@audphile1 

You are the most classless person I’ve ever encountered on a forum. Downright insulting, extremely rude, and pretentious, with an overwhelming desire to have the moral high ground, even though it doesn’t belong to you.
 

says you after posting this…

@frank009 

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Now my wife is a complete idiot. she mistakes 10 to 15 mistakes a day. So maybe you have had better luck.

yeah I’m classless. Sure  

Hey you’ve been a member here for only a few days and you already posted 2 useless, trolling cable discussions, one of which was removed. Now you continue to troll but it’s with a dongle DAC that apparently sounds amazing via a 3.5mm to RCA adapter cable, and competes with any modern DAC. You must live in some kind of multiverse. Or have a case of temporary insanity. This is all the troll chow I’ll give you. Have fun. I’m done here.

@frank009 

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Now my wife is a complete idiot. she mistakes 10 to 15 mistakes a day. So maybe you have had better luck.

Yes, I did say the above and you quoted me verbatim. It is frustrating or rather disappointing to have a wife like her. You have no idea what I have had to go through. She used to be normal when we met, but she become extraordinarily clumsy and difficult after her and I married. She threatened to sue me or make false allegations against me when I suggested divorce; and I don’t want any trouble. No problem. My system keeps me happy and she spends all her time making silly mistakes anyway. Thank God or whatever you believe in that YOU don’t have to deal with this.

Again, you have the nerve to call me a troll without trying the test for yourself. 

3.5mm to RCA is an UNBALANCED signal, and works the same way as standard RCA to RCA cables that are commonly found on most audio electronics. Seems you don’t even know that. BALANCED connections with XLR connectors are commonly used for microphones and pro audio/PA/broadcast grade gear; and I doubt you’ve even seen your fair share of REAL WORLD systems and PROFESSIONAL audio environments; living in your pretentious self righteous audiophile bubble, with a probably very average-performing mid-fi system; believing you've reached the peak. Keep telling yourself that....else reality is a tough pill to swallow.

This goes to show you are afraid of the results. So you must be the troll here.

Try the test yourself, follow what I’ve written to a tee, then we’ll see whose right and who is wrong.

@audphile1