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A bit off topic, but pretty much no proponents of room EQ suggest targeting a perfectly flat response at the listening position. The vast majority suggest a downward sloping target curve because that's what the vast majority of people prefer. Of course, if someone does like a flat curve then I say go for it.

“Purity” certainly seems to be an article of almost religious fervour for some. I use room EQ and adjust some recordings on the fly. At some point I’ll add dynamic loudness too. I guess I’m a heretic but my path to hell is paved with music that sounds better to me.

🤣🤣 He had 11 years for crying out loud! Can you post the link to where he's published it in a professional journal?

Author's Notes, May 4, 2000 At the request of people involved in standards-setting for audio, who wanted this information made available as soon as possible, I published this original paper here, rather than in a professional journal.

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What do you say to people who have done the required listening tests and still don't hear what they are supposed to hear?

Hi @Berkel, sorry I didn't see your reply until now. Will PM you

they measured the stereo version in July https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/okto-dac8-stereo-dac-review.14705/

They’ve been around for a couple of years. I think they started with an 8 channel dac (measured over on ASR ) and brought out a stereo dac about 6 months ago

If you've spent even a nanosecond on the Devialet Chat forum you'll know that waiting for something to be 'fixed in firmware' is a sure path to unhappiness

@Prince Arnold

The display on mine failed, got repaired and failed again. At which point the always helpful team at Tivoli offered to try again for me or give me a refund. I opted for the refund. I suspect it was just a run of bad luck rather than anything else. The Puffin is a great unit but didn't suit me as I needed USB out

yes a good idea to consider phono stage that will do the conversion for you. The PS Audio as mentioned above (although I owned one briefly and returned it because it had terrible reliability - maybe I was just unlucky) or the Parks Audio Puffin

I went through this process and ended up with an RME babyface Pro. For less money you could consider the Focusrite Scarlett https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/focusrite-scarlett-2i2-gen-3 Or maybe a Motu M2 https://www.mannys.com.au/motu-m2-2x2-usb-c-audio-interface-w-midi-i-o If measurements are a thing for you they both measure well enough to be completely transparent