my go1k has 101db snr

i can hear his extremely audibly with andros and my im70

either the hiss was part of the signal or you're introducing it between the source and youe ear somewhere

its from the source, and the only thing between the source and my pc is a usb hub

or i guess you have the legendary Golden Ear, but i doubt that

have you measured the source to make sure?

nah my hearing isnt even that good

because if so: it's got a snr lower than 100dB

i dont have an oscilliscope lol

you will not hear hiss at that high an snr

the ear simply won't do it

but

ive heard it

🤔

that's "needle dropping while a helicopter takes off a few meters away"

i mean, plenty of people hear hiss with stupid sensitive shit like andros off even less noisy sources

im pretty sure its just iem sensitivity being stupid

not that i can magically hear 100dB down snr

if it's coming from the source then they just lied about their snr or something along the line is introducing noise to the signal

doubt it

i can run my go1k off battery too so its not a power issue

isnt source sensitvity measured in decibel to full scale, which doesnt appy in the same way as actual volume?

also, is there any way to affordably meaure source gear? is it actually accurate if just using an ADC with appropriate specs, and RAA or something?

i sure wish dac manufacturers would name the parts they're built around

honestly any hobbyist-grade DSO

and a sine sweep signal from the source

dso138?

noooo

that doesn't have an actual AFE

ive been looking into cheap digital scopes but they all seem shit

tf is afe

get like a siglent or rigol or something

$300-$400

fuck that noise

im poor

that price range will do more than you'll ever need for audio

but anything below $300 is probably not gonna cut it for any precice or accurate measurements

so the cheap ADC route doesnt work?

how's $260

afaik achimago uses a uca202 for his measurements

siglent sds1052dl, can confirm it's more than up to the task