In Reply to: RE: It would be a deal-breaker for me indeed.....to this reviewers credibility. posted by dave789 on January 3, 2015 at 00:02:08:
The spectra with the spuria shows only a narrow frequency range. We don't know what the level was at 60 Hz during this test. This presentation, by itself, shows the incompetence of the reviewer. He should have given a complete spectra, followed by zooming in to the high frequency peak. I've seen more than my share of doctored graphs and charts. Shifting the axis is a standard method of lying by statistics. (These graphs are statistics, by the way.) In this case, however, I suspect incompetence rather than dishonesty. Given that the DAC didn't have a polarized plug, something as simple as reversing the power plug might have cured the problem.
Note that this reviewer is not a soft-touch, feel-good non-technical subjectivist audiophile. The web site trys to project technical expertise and is written from an objectivist viewpoint. I came upon this web site a few months ago and after reading an number of articles, I concluded that the web site was worthless, a relic of the Julian Hirsch reviews in Stereo Review.
Tony Lauck
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- RE: It would be a deal-breaker for me indeed.....to this reviewers credibility. - Tony Lauck 07:23:52 01/03/15 (2)
- RE: It would be a deal-breaker for me indeed.....to this reviewers credibility. - dave789 07:38:47 01/03/15 (1)
- RE: It would be a deal-breaker for me indeed.....to this reviewers credibility. - Tony Lauck 08:01:15 01/03/15 (0)