I believe there are fundamentally two different but related issues at hand:
First, is there a scientifically measurable difference in adjusting the attenuation setting? (How/by who will the scientific standard by which "measurable" be determined? Shall we get the IEEE involved?) Second, if there is, then is that difference audible/discernible in a double-blind test? If there is no measurable difference using scientific criteria, then claims of a perceptive difference would have to be considered placebo effect. Last, just because a difference can be measured and perceived doesn't mean that all will agree the difference is "better"; that is a subjective description. Some may perceive a difference as better, or preferable, and some may not, and that may yet further depend on the music, the system, the listening environment, solar flares, how much gunk you have in your ears that day. -- joncourage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joncourage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26436 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
