A website about headphone measurements and related topics. It describes simple modifications and filters that can change a headphone's technical performance, with effects quantified and verified using measurements on a DIY test fixture. Newly added and revised articles are listed on the home page.
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A DNS speed benchmarking tool that performs an A record lookup for the apex domain name from more than 200 locations worldwide. The lookup time serves as a benchmark of DNS provider performance in different regions and allows debugging of self-hosted DNS servers and testing of routing logic. Test result retention is up to 30 days.
DNSPerf compares the speed and uptime of enterprise and commercial DNS services. It lists DNS providers sorted by DNSPerf rank based on data for the last 30 days, calculated using 40% performance, 45% uptime and 15% quality.
Does It Arm? is a compatibility resource for Apple Silicon processors, including the Apple M5 Max and M5 Pro. It lists apps and games reported to support these processors, and provides associated performance reports and benchmark data. Content is organized into categories such as apps, games, devices, benchmarks, and Homebrew packages.
Dolphin Guides is a documentation page from the Dolphin Emulator project. It collects guides written by the Dolphin team, covering topics such as ripping games, performance configuration, controller setup, Netplay, the Wii network, virtual SD cards and NAND usage. It also includes FIFO Player documentation for testers and developers and instructions for building Dolphin on Linux.
Dortania's OpenCore Install Guide covers installing macOS on an X86-based PC and explaining how a Hackintosh works. It describes OpenCore as a boot loader that injects data such as SMBIOS, ACPI tables and kexts for macOS, and states the guide is not a simple one-click install setup.
DreymaR's Big Bag of Kbd Tricks is a collection of keyboard layout tips, tricks and modifications centered on but not limited to the Colemak layout. It covers ergonomic mods and tools across operating system platforms for making typing more comfortable.
dua (Disk Usage Analyzer) is a Rust tool to conveniently learn about the disk usage of directories. It is parallel by default and optionally deletes superfluous data. An interactive mode is launched with dua i for exploring and deleting files. It is distributed via Cargo and various package managers.
Dual Monitor Tools is a free Windows utility collection for users with dual or multiple monitors. It provides hotkeys for moving windows between screens, cursor locking, an application launcher, wallpaper creation and rotation, and a screen capture tool that shows images from the primary monitor on the secondary one.
DualMonitorBackgrounds is a site for dual monitor wallpapers, described as backgrounds that span two screens. Images are offered at paired resolutions such as 3840x1080 and 7680x2160, with users able to choose a preferred resolution or enter one. Users may register and upload backgrounds, and adult content is shown only after a preference is set.
Duke University is a higher education and research institution. It conducts work across its campus and in the local community, and operates a Duke and Durham collaboration with performances, exhibitions, and conversations planned through 2027.
DWS is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
EarTrumpet is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
Eden AI offers a unified API for accessing large language models and specialist AI models, including OCR, speech, translation and vision. It standardizes requests, responses, authentication, billing and monitoring across providers, and supports routing requests by cost, performance and region.
Effective Python: 125 Specific Ways to Write Better Python, 3rd Edition is a book by Brett Slatkin, published by Pearson Addison-Wesley in November 2024. It expands on the second edition from 90 to 125 best practices for writing Python code, adds new chapters on robustness and performance, and covers the language through Python version 3.13.
EIZO Monitor Test is a web-based tool for checking monitor image quality. Users choose tests covering test patterns, defective pixels, uniformity, color distances, gradients, sharpness, viewing angle, gamma and response time, navigating by mouse, keyboard arrows or the on-screen menu.
Electric Sheep is a collaborative abstract artwork founded by Scott Draves, run by people worldwide through a distributed client. When computers sleep, the software creates morphing abstract animations called sheep, shared over the internet; viewers may vote for favorites, driving a genetic algorithm that evolves the flock. It is described as a free and open source service, with HD Gold Sheep offered as a premium version.
Eleven Forums is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
ElevenClock is free software under the Apache License 2.0 that adds a customizable clock to Windows 11 taskbars. Users can change the time and date format, color scheme, size and position, and show clocks on multiple displays, with options for time zone and internet time sync.
ELKI is an open source data mining software written in Java. It focuses on research in algorithms, emphasizing unsupervised methods in cluster analysis and outlier detection, and offers data index structures for performance and scalability. It is designed for researchers and students to extend.
E-Maculation is a site dedicated to emulation of the classic Macintosh computer on macOS, Windows and Linux, using emulators such as SheepShaver, Basilisk II, Mini vMac, Qemu and PearPC. It hosts a wiki with information about the emulators and setup guides, plus discussion and support forums.
This is an article by Terence Tao, Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, published as part of Microsoft Unlocked's AI Anthology. It discusses human expectations of information technology, including historical performance improvement trends, input data requirements for software tools, and interoperability challenges between different tools and providers.
Entertrained is a typing practice application that helps users improve their skills by retyping book content. It combines reading and typing practice, tracks user progress, provides detailed performance statistics, and offers an interactive experience for skill development.
Equalizer APO is a parametric and graphic equalizer for Windows, implemented as an Audio Processing Object for the system effect infrastructure introduced with Windows Vista. Tested on Windows 7 through 11, it requires x64, x86 or ARM64 architecture, and applications must not bypass the system effect infrastructure. It can read Room EQ Wizard filter text files.