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repiv
Aug 13, 2009

its short for Analog More Power

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repiv
Aug 13, 2009

LRADIKAL posted:

https://www.tomshardware.com/networ...ignores-reality

A new three-port network switch designed for audiophiles has become available to purchase. Priced at an astronomical $4,349, the Innuos PhoenixNET comes with a multitude of eyebrow-raising audio quality claims about signal purity, low noise, better instrument separation, and enhanced realism. However, adding insult to our already injured intelligence, this premium-priced switch offers paltry 100 Mbps performance, as it the company claims that older / slower technology “results in lower operating noise floor compared to Gigabit.”

found a pictures of the internals, surprisingly it appears to not just be an off-the-shelf switch PCB bodged in there



points for effort i guess

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

also lol at them covering up the part numbers on the main digital components, top secret generic broadcom switch chip do not steal

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

limiting it to 100mbit is brilliant actually because in a few years they can release an even better version that only supports 10mbit

after that, audiophile token ring networking

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

they're doing the world a service by using up the 10/100 chips that nobody wants because gigabit chips have cost 10 cents for a decade+

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

Palladium posted:

100mbps max devices is still extremely common in the Path of Exile Power over Ethernet market

weird how "i can detect -300db" jitterbugs haven't caught on that yet

apparently LG is still cheaping out by putting 10/100 NICs in their expensive OLED TVs, it's an actual problem for linux ISO enthusiasts because streaming raw 4K bluray rips over the network can saturate a 100mbit link

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

sucks for in-home game streaming too, the video encoders on modern graphics cards are capable of pushing far more than 100mbit

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

trilobite terror posted:

schiit products are mostly fine tho

they used to be pretty bad but amir successfully bullied them into getting it together

early on their amps didn't even have power on relays so they could easily blow up your headphones

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

Palladium posted:

so our SSDs can perfectly reconstruct 6 GB/s of digital data from analog voltages with some of the shittiest SNR from NAND cells

uh no they can't, that's why they sell audiophile SSDs obviously

https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/62753-nvme-ssd-designed-for-audiophiles/

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

choose your fighter: sony audiophile sd card or samsung AI sd card

https://news.samsung.com/global/sam...nd-on-device-ai

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repiv
Aug 13, 2009

playing woodpecker no. 1 on the most expensive setup i can find and then complaining that the system sounds a bit harsh

repiv fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Apr 10, 2024

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