seanadams Wrote: > > I'm not trying to bash the DAC-1 - as a matter of fact i have tested it > and found it well designed and exhibiting a very low noise floor and low > distortion throughout the analog section. But I'm not comfortable > ignoring other potentially audible effects of ASRC to get the improved > specs that it yields for such narrow tests as THD+N, jitter immunity > etc. >
Sean, I was thinking more along the lines of the Lavry DACs (the Blue, the DA10, etc.). Check out the papers on the Lavry site and perhaps get in touch with Robert Greene, the UCLA math prof and Absolute Sound reviewer, about this; he can go into far deeper detail. His web site is www.regonaudio.com But, believe me -- and it is nice to hear from you -- I find that, for most of my listening, the SB is one of the most satisfying components I have ever purchased. The sheer cost and value of the unit and its performance, in stock configuration, is unprecedented in the audiophile world. One poster wrote that the correct interpretation of JA's review is that the differences between the SB and other very high-end transports is tantamount to trivial. Some people get bent out of shape about trivial; others learn to be happy. I'm pretty happy! Double blind-testing: absolutely. To publish review after review, writing about audio components as if writing about wine, talking about how every new toy or mod is oh-so-much better, is just silly. Sure, write some reviews; then, conduct rigorous double-blind tests, under conditions that would optimize listening, have input from psychologists as to length of exposure, etc., and give us the results. Sean: maybe Slim Devices could conduct some such tests...?! -- highdudgeon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ highdudgeon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22301 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
