My 500$ KEF Q150 setup sound like the band is here when I close my eyes. The sound will be shaped more by the acoustics of the room than by the actual speakers anyway.
Well ot is very easy to figure that out using the Null method.
You have the original recording (A) and play through whatever chain recording it at the end, resulting in recording (B).
You now place A and B into seperate tracks of the DAW of your choice and align them in time. You flip the polarity on B and adjust the levels till the output level is minimized (to account for level changes in your playback/recording chain).
The mixed signal is the difference. If it is imperceptibly silent, the difference is in fact imperceptable.
And with this simple method you can demask a metric ton of bullshit, like differences in wire materials or capacitors materials.
Small addition: you can also run the signal through a different chain C and then compare B and C. And since they ran through the same DAC, output filters, output connectors, input connectors, preamp and ADC, aside from noise the only measuable (relevant for human ears) difference should be the chain inbetween. This allows you to compare any magical device against a simple conductor.
So next time someone tries to sell you chemicalliy pure copper with zero oxygen handbraided by virgins for a thousand bucks test it that way against a cheap pro audio cable, then turn your system up to the loudest listening volume you usually use and litterally listen to the difference. It will unsurprisingly be the sound of silence, your own personal 4'33".
Bonus point for using an double-blind ABX process where you and potential others don't know whether you're listening to the expensive or the cheap gear. Turns out often anything short of that won't stop you from wanting to fool yourself, or others from influencing you, which is a big part of the audiophile schtick and the reason why even otherwise pretty smart people are routinely fooled by this.
This still isn’t true for Twitter like platforms like the ones OP mentioned, you see only posts from people you follow, in chronological order.
If it’s not on by default, you can very easily turn it on from the main screen, and from my experience it never reverts.
I had the opposite experience with X: it would frequently reset my view to "for you". I ended up writing a tampermonkey script to work around it until I gave up on X altogether-and I do the same for platforms like YouTube. Bluesky, on the other hand, hasn't repeated this problem at all.
Recently started using NewPipe for youtube (since the content error for ubo) and its fantastic, highly recommend. No account needed but can manage subs and playlists better. Puts youtubes anti patterns to shame.
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