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Among other topics!</em></strong><br> <strong>X/Twitter:</strong> <em>@Archimago</em> <br> <strong>E-Mail:</strong> <em>archimagosmusings(at)outlook.com</em><br> [Some items linked to affiliate accounts - I may receive gift certs from qualifying purchases.]http://archimago.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Archimago)Blogger662125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-5565413937825631062Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:10:40 +00002026-06-07T13:45:47.153-07:00AIAudiophile CultureAudiophile psychologyDACGR-ResearchMedia criticismRational AudiophileAfter writing the articles looking at&nbsp;room acoustics over the last month, I thought this would be a good time to discuss another observation about the psychology and culture of the audiophile hobby and some of the claims that people make.As I noted last time, room treatments like the IKEA Mittzon absorption panels are far from the exciting products highlighted in magazines each month or evenhttp://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/06/on-envy-cope-and-just-plain-reality-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-1617632153287799495Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:16:21 +00002026-06-01T00:25:50.076-07:00AcousticsRoom TreatmentSound RoomGreetings audiophiles. Finally, I'm back home in Vancouver after my Asia trip. I love traveling but there always comes a time to look forward to "Home, sweet home." And music to listen to in my personal sound room of course!😌In this post, let's talk about perhaps one of the most boring things you could buy - a sound absorption panel. Made all the more pedestrian because this one comes from IKEA.http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/06/sound-absorption-ikea-mittzon-floor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-2423277972948915449Sat, 23 May 2026 13:44:15 +00002026-05-23T10:20:09.745-07:00Audiophile CultureAudiophile StoresPoliticsSnake Oilvacation picturesLast time, we talked about Seoul's Yongsan ETLand, so moving along in my Asia trip, let's check out another audiophile mall, this time in Southern China, in the city of Guangzhou. I've been in this city before (as per 2016 post) but not at this exact location, the Highsun/Haiyin (name used interchangeably) Plaza.It looks like in the last 10 years, this place has really become quite concentrated http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/05/audiophile-malls-asia-highsunhaiyin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-2009510516439097759Tue, 19 May 2026 02:18:57 +00002026-05-19T20:22:26.623-07:00Audiophile CultureAudiophile Storesvacation picturesI don't know about you guys, but I'm like one of those husbands/boyfriends/partners who sit outside surfing the web at women's clothing stores. So while "the girls" were out shopping and getting pedicures in Seoul, I decided to take a couple hours' detour to the Yongsan ETLand which is about a 10 minute walk away from the massive&nbsp;Yongsan subway station&nbsp;(take Exit 3).I suspect in the http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/05/audiophile-malls-asia-yongsan-etland.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-2906802043522715964Sun, 10 May 2026 16:11:00 +00002026-05-10T18:11:59.575-07:00AcousticsAIMedia criticismRoom TreatmentSound Roomvacation picturesLast time, we discussed small room acoustics and audiophile listening rooms. In that article, I used an idealized loudspeaker with flat frequency response from 40Hz up. As I'm still traveling, away from my gear, I figured for this article, let's look around published data in audio articles to examine room effects and consider what this means.One widely available and consistent source of objectivehttp://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/05/small-room-acoustics-example-of-impact.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-4847930327008315814Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:02:00 +00002026-05-01T00:22:46.072-07:00AcousticsAudiophile CultureRoom TreatmentSound RoomIn the post "What are the most important audio components?" a few years ago, I said that we need to understand the various audiophile "domains": audio hardware, room acoustics, quality of your music, and of course personal mental engagement. Each of these have a part to play in the achievement of and personal judgment around sound quality.Of those domains, it's hard to speak about personal mentalhttp://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/04/audiophile-small-room-acoustics-complex.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-129100347918336600Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:23:00 +00002026-04-11T18:39:55.740-07:00Audio CablesAudiophile CultureAudiophile psychologyHigh-End AudioInflationPoliticsSnake OilSpeakers&nbsp;Let's consider how over the last while even audiophile magazines have wondered about the High-End Audio Industry's escalation in suggested retail prices for their products.A year ago,&nbsp;Stereophile&nbsp;attempted to answer "Why Hi-Fi Prices Have Risen". To be fair, I think Jim Austin in the article made some good points about inflation, tariffs, etc. I'm glad that the article also http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/04/musings-on-high-end-audio-component.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-3329311858143838072Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:13:00 +00002026-04-05T19:06:47.869-07:00AmbiophonicsDSPDynamic Range CompressionImmersionSoftwareStereo CrosstalkSignificant changes in the UI from the previous CTXMatrixBeta release.I want to remind 2-channel "immersive sound" lovers about the potential for using&nbsp;stereo crosstalk cancellation (XTC) / ambiophonics&nbsp;playback to enhance the 3D soundstage. You might have already heard of&nbsp;uBACCH&nbsp;in the audio magazines and on forums - why not try a similar effect for free (or through a small http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/04/crosstalk-cancellationambiophonics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-5358685897047661748Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:01:00 +00002026-03-28T16:27:14.563-07:00Audio CablesDDCHDMII²S/I2S/IISMedia criticismS.M.S.L.Topping DX9It's taking a bit longer for my testing of the inexpensive I²S/IIS/I2S-HDMI DDC boxes due to some unexpected results which I'm chasing down currently; hopefully that gets resolved or understood soon.In the meantime, let me address something that folks might be curious about related to this topic of the I2S-HDMI interface... Does the HDMI cable make a difference to the sound quality?As with much http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/03/do-hdmi-cables-make-difference-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-6224883182018351756Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:07:00 +00002026-03-21T14:35:46.286-07:00Audiophile CultureLinnSubjectivitySynergistic ResearchHey everyone. I'm still waiting to finish the measurements and write-up of the USB DDC boxes discussed last time (a few things I need to double check on!). In the meantime, I thought I'd share some thoughts and pictures with you of a visit I made to a friend, Paul's, place. You'll see that he is much more of a "subjectivist" than I am.Above, we see his listening room which is capable of http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/03/visit-to-more-subjective-leaning-friend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-3684843338563539723Sat, 07 Mar 2026 17:29:00 +00002026-03-07T19:52:36.943-08:00AtmosDDCDouk AudioHDMII²S/I2S/IISMultichannel audioS.M.S.L.S/PDIFThis SMSL unit also does MQA decoding for those who want the feature. Unlike the Douk, this box only has an LED to indicate MQA decoding status but does not tell us the PCM or DSD samplerate.While I've tested some inexpensive devices (like the Topping D10s DAC) which have the ability to convert USB 2.0 input into S/PDIF output, I have not specifically looked into these Digital-to-Digital http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/03/inexpensive-usb20-digital-to-digital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-3969149120243653200Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:32:00 +00002026-02-21T12:39:25.154-08:00Audiophile CultureAudiophile PhilosophyAudiophile psychologyAudiophile StoresIt's an interesting experience I think to pop into local "brick and mortar" audiophile stores when traveling (like this, this, this&nbsp;over the years). This past week, I've been in San Francisco visiting family. We happened to stay within walking distance from what I think is the most well-stocked audiophile gear store in the city - Audio Vision San Francisco&nbsp;- located in the Nob Hill http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/02/images-from-san-francisco-audio-vision.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-2231522674252870464Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:10:00 +00002026-02-19T12:54:38.891-08:00Audio ConversionAudio HistoryAudiophile psychologyLossy CODECMedia criticismMP3Objectivism vs. SubjectivismSnake OilFor this post, let's discuss a few other audiophile items that have come my way in recent weeks.First, let's talk about something I haven't brought up for awhile now:&nbsp;sample rate conversion (SRC).A few weeks ago, Spoon (a.k.a. Steven Elkins of Illustrate) sent me an E-mail about his new src.hydrogenaudio.org page evaluating and ranking the qualities of various software sample rate convertershttp://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/02/more-audio-potpourri-whats-best-sample.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-530115259027461825Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:08:00 +00002026-02-07T12:52:32.491-08:00AIAudio CablesAudio HistoryAudio WebsitesAudiophile CultureFuture MusingsMedia criticismObjectivism vs. SubjectivismPoliticsRelative ValueLet's have some fun this week on miscellaneous topics.Occasionally, I'll highlight items I've either written or found on audio discussion forums I think would be good to share. One reason I decided to start doing a blog beyond just contributing to forum discussions was precisely because while the public forums are great for interactions with community members, meaningful posts often become http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/01/audiophile-potpourri-december-2025-web.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-560134501267708423Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +00002026-03-21T10:48:43.556-07:00Ambient Noise LevelAudiophile VideomicrophoneminiDSP UMIKNoiseUSB isolationUSB NoiseLast week, I discussed the miniDSP UMIK-2 USB measurement microphone and as I mentioned then, it's not often that we see much discussion about these devices among audiophiles even though they are important in helping us chase down sonic problems and of course to calibrate the sound system. To me, that calibration process is an essential part of achieving a truly "accurate" sound system once we http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/01/minidsp-umik-2-usb-microphone-analog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-7454806587784474555Sat, 17 Jan 2026 23:38:00 +00002026-01-24T08:24:23.262-08:00Ambient Noise LevelDigital Room CorrectionmicrophoneminiDSP UMIKNoiseSound RoomWell, as mentioned previously, it was a great holiday season and here's another gift from Audio-Santa 🙂 - the miniDSP UMIK-2&nbsp;measurement microphone. I bought this through&nbsp;Solen.ca here in Canada and they did a great job with the order and quick shipment.&nbsp;Amazon Canada&nbsp;often has limited stock of miniDSP products.I'm sure the&nbsp;miniDSP company&nbsp;is well known to many http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/01/minidsp-umik-2-measurement-microphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-3550662627442118151Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:26:00 +00002026-01-10T10:17:10.332-08:00BassSound RoomSubwooferSVSOver the holidays, Santa brought me a new SVS SB-2000 Pro&nbsp;subwoofer (currently&nbsp;US$900 black ash, US$1000 piano black, Canada: black ash, piano black) for the system in the sound room. As you can see, I got the slightly more expensive shiny piano black version. As usual, I bought this from typical consumer channels.On this blog, we've talked about&nbsp;full-range sound, including the http://archimago.blogspot.com/2026/01/more-bass-svs-sb-2000-pro-subwoofer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-6370358648512614897Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:06:00 +00002025-12-29T09:06:56.212-08:00Audiophile psychologyLogitech Media ServerLyrion Music ServerSoftwareSqueezeboxHope you're all having a wonderful Christmas-New Year Holiday season!On Christmas morn 2025, as I relaxed in the sitting room waiting for the rest of the family to get ready for some holiday festivities, listening to holiday music, I could not help but marvel at the fact that my little Logitech Squeezebox Radio sitting over the fireplace, released back in 2009 continues to go strong all these http://archimago.blogspot.com/2025/12/happy-new-year-and-thank-you-to-lyrion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-1877809191148556562Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:04:00 +00002026-03-10T13:34:14.157-07:00Audiophile psychologyGR-ResearchMedia criticismPower ConditionerSnake OilAfter writing the article recently about New Record Day's "AI assisted research" on the P.I. Audio / GR-Research UberBUSS, I thought it was disturbing seeing this recent, rather juvenile, video from Danny:As we can see, there is this ongoing conflict between Danny and Amir/Audio Science Review&nbsp;(ASR) over the years. Obviously, ASR has been highly critical of some GR-Research products like http://archimago.blogspot.com/2025/12/on-danny-richie-gr-researchs-uberbuss.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago)26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-1640609765727626595Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:46:22 +00002025-12-13T13:09:14.532-08:00Amp SwitchBlingDouk AudioSpeaker SwitchVU MeterHey there guys and gals, since I've been in the mood for bling this end-of-year season (as per recent discussion of the Fosi Audio LC30), let's grab another one of these VU meter boxes - as you can see above, it's the Douk Audio VU30 Pro&nbsp;(typically around US$150, Canada link, AliExpress), a 2024 upgraded version of the Douk Audio VU3 (non-Pro)&nbsp;which came out back in 2021.Similar to the http://archimago.blogspot.com/2025/12/douk-audio-vu3-pro-analog-vu-meter-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-5179843119815500052Sat, 06 Dec 2025 17:52:00 +00002025-12-19T15:55:11.273-08:00AIGR-ResearchMedia criticismSnake OilThese days we have&nbsp;AI making hit music, and AI actors coming soon. The AI industry is "hot" and impressive,&nbsp;seemingly the answer to all kinds of queries we may have right at our keyboards! I think it's absolutely true that with the advent of LLM's and multi-modal deep learning models, we have even more ability now to learn, analyze, and summarize all kinds of information unheard of justhttp://archimago.blogspot.com/2025/12/on-aichatgpt-analysis-to-convince.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-6899117289623542180Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:58:00 +00002025-11-29T17:31:53.850-08:00Amp SwitchBlingSpeaker SwitchVU MeterA couple of weeks back, I evaluated the Rotel RSS-900 speaker switch and in that article, I mentioned this device, the Fosi Audio LC30 VU Meter and Amp/Speaker Switcher&nbsp;(less than US$150 street price). Notice that I have the "Black" version (Amazon Canada link, AliExpress) which doesn't look like it's as easily available as the typical "Yellow" meter version and it also has a slightly higherhttp://archimago.blogspot.com/2025/11/fosi-audio-lc30-analog-vu-meter-black.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-6452827368409728730Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:06:00 +00002025-11-26T19:21:45.765-08:00Auditory AcuityHearing TestMedia criticismObjectivism vs. SubjectivismSnake OilHey everyone, once awhile I'll take a look at stuff YouTube offers me in the feed that might be interesting. I see that in the last few months, there has been this channel called "The HiFi Five" and in Episode 6&nbsp;(November 19, 2025) they invited Dennis Burger of SoundStage! for a discussion. I found this video actually quite interesting as an illustration of&nbsp;objective/subjective mindsetshttp://archimago.blogspot.com/2025/11/musings-on-various-characters-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago)25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-1706402276727888578Sat, 15 Nov 2025 21:13:00 +00002025-11-15T13:13:03.195-08:00RotelSpeaker ImpedanceSpeaker SwitchFor this post, let's spend some time looking and listening to the above device. It's the Rotel RSS-900 "speaker selector", MSRP around $200. This has been on the market for awhile now, I think released back around 2004.&nbsp;Here's the manual for it. I was graciously lent this box by a friend to check out as this is not a kind of product I've published on in this blog.As you know, these days, http://archimago.blogspot.com/2025/11/rotel-rss-900-speaker-switch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-4849953864681220853Sat, 08 Nov 2025 16:33:00 +00002025-11-09T21:53:17.936-08:00SonySpeakersHey guys and gals, as shown above, I have pairs of both the Sony SS-CS5 (Mark 1) and the updated&nbsp;Sony SS-CS5M2 (Mark 2) bookshelf speakers here at home purchased through the usual retail outlets. As you might know from discussions online and videos on YouTube, opinions can be quite polarizing regarding these speakers. I think it's a combination of the low price (with associated biases as http://archimago.blogspot.com/2025/11/sony-ss-cs5m1-and-sony-ss-cs5m2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Archimago's Musings)5