I get a laugh every time I read that.
Tell me why ElMarko. I am curious.
Its called marketing-speak - and is rife. Maybe a product is fantastic, but the more the they use pseudo-science to market it, the more suspicious you should be: After all, the whole intent of marketing is to hook people, and the more unquestioning or gullible someone is, the more likely they are to be blinded by the amazing sounding descriptions - hooked by the marketing of a product that perhaps is perfectly ordinary, but with an extraordinary price.
So the same can be said for that , not ?
The FPGAâs extraordinary capability enables a number of key sonic benefits, including significantly improved timing and the best noise-shaper performance of any known DAC. DAVEâs technology delivers music with unmatched reality and musicality, with an unrivalled timing response. The deviceâs lossless digital volume control outputs the signal direct to your power amplifier for the purest experience.
DAVE has a full-sized LCD display, showing input, sample frequency, volume and set-up configurations options, within Chordâs famous porthole design. On its fascia, DAVE also features a rotary encoder with a large stainless steel controller and ball buttons, enabling direct interactivity in addition to the supplied rem
I have no technical skill at all. Previous CFO then you understand my lack of technical understanding
I like Vertere. Thinks itâs an interesting company and will give it a try. And my wife like the red colour. So a good start.
@anon35279323,âŚThat power-factor must not be forgotten.
And to calm down the cable-emotions for the weekend,.I put in a beautiful picture from the northwest part of Sweden below.
⢠From Jämtland,.Kalls-church with Ă
reskutan in the background.
/Pederđ
Because itâs mostly nonsense disguised as âspecsâ.
Virtually every seller uses language to present their product in a way tgey think will appeal to a prospective purchaser.
Most of the Chord first paragraph is just expressed opinion âours is goodâ.
Tells you it is lossless - which, assuming it is not a false trade description (illegal in UK) is a good fact to know, and direct to power amp has to be purer than through other electronics.
And the next paragraph is descriptive of the physical appearance.
I donât see any pseudo-science in thereâŚ
@frenchrooster,âŚThere are several aspects to this.
I donât think @Xanthe purpose was to say that AQ Diamond is a bad cable,.because itâs not, but on the contraryâŚIt is really,really good.
⢠In fact,.given that she belongs to the âtech-specâ-gang (this is a joke) ,so I donât even think she has listened to it.
The aim was probably just only,.as is common for most products,to demonstrates that marketing âslips a littleâ to the truth in relation to research,science.
BUT,.it has absolutely nothing to do with how AQ Diamond sounds.
Because It Sounds Very GoodâŚ!!
I think there is ten people who have AQ Diamond in our group.
Two did not think the difference was so big musically from AQ Vodka,.if you considering the price-difference.
But for the rest,.including me,the difference was big from AQ Diamond âdownâ to AQ Vodka.
It has also BertBird confirmed earlier in the thread.
Various tests around the world over the last five years,.also confirm AQ Diamond as a very,very good cable.
But as usual,.there is better âŚOr how @BertBird.
Then it is this withâŚTheory versus Practice,.in this hobby.
Whatever the specs,.itâs JUST LISTEN that appliesâŚALWAYS.
/Pederđ
MmmâŚ
I listened to the Diamond in my system (between my NDX and Cisco C2960CG-8TC-L) against the existing Chord Indigo TA and was unimpressed by the music it made.
Mike-B gave you an opinion on the âspecsâ about 3 posts after your posting of it.
This is my view: the only specs in that post appear to be as below, the rest is marketing speak, largely waffle.
To all of you,
Take a look at the photo and see how clear the sky is. No pollution. How many of us have an air so clean and clear?
The BEST noise sharper of ANY KNOWN DACâŚdelivers UNMATCHED musicality and reality
No pseudo science but strong advertising
It was however humour from me Peder. Of course Xanthe didnât said that the diamond can be put into garbage. . But I made a sarcastic conclusion from her comments you can read bellow.
Just to fill in my very early impressions with the PD switch in particular, in response to @Peder and @charlesphoto - yes to the PD being quieter, more organic and more detailed. I was not sure about the two switches, though - I definitely have to do more listening - but it wasnât a massive wow. There are positives - a very beguiling flow - but a suspicion of remoteness too. Iâm not sure I could suggest people rush out and buy two switches just yet.
@Michaelb,âŚThanks for this first report,.very interesting.
But as you wrote earlierâŚ
âBut I got both of the these brand new for just ÂŁ130.â
So they might need some run-in/burn-in time before âeverything sitsâ.
My older from 2011,.needed 4-5 days to settle in,.and yours is new.
Michaelb,âŚI donât know if you have them stacked on each other still,.as in this picture.
But these Ciscoâs are susceptible to vibration and Microphonic.
So place them next to each other instead,.it would not be to any disadvantage.
And to make it even better,.and to also improve the cooling and air-circulation around your Cisco.
Place these now World-famous ,.small rubber-feet under your Cisco,see picture below.
And for me and Darkebear it was a Wow with dual Ciscoâs,if we shall use that word.
So give them a little more time,.and place them a little better as I said above.
Can you tell me where you found these new,.and at that price.
According to Richard.Dane,.we may mention the company name,but not add any link.
/Pederđ
What is remoteness?
As I said, they are expressing their view - that is very different from trying to impress with gobbledegook designed to fool people into thinking there is real science behind something when there isnât. And you wouldnât expect them to say ânearly the best, with musicality and reality matched by othersâ, would you? And some of us certainly think it is the best of any DACs we have known.
IIRC even Naim is not immune from hyperbole when it comes to marketing - though not pseudo science, as far as I have seen.