seanadams;146829 Wrote: > That's in your head... really - have a friend move the pads in and out > while you're blindfolded.
Well, I'd really prefer if it were in my head, since it doesn't make a lot of rational sense. I've certainly experienced fooling myself (and others) about audio many times (with hi-fi, and in the recording studio), and I wish more audiophiles would admit this. Back in the day, my engineer friends and I would kid about the producer's knob. The producer would say something like "can you make the drums louder?" and knowing it was the wrong approach for the mix, you say sure, and have them adjust a fader on the console that did absolutely nothing. It usually worked. Nevertheless, I've also experienced differences that were easily identifiable in blind A/B tests. I did not do this with the ISO pads since in my quick test, the difference sounded better. I'd like to be completely scientific about everything in my system, but honestly, there is only so much time in the day for a $25 item. So I'll just say that I'm happy to get rid of my CD player and my ISO pads. ;-) seanadams;146829 Wrote: > With respect to sound quality alone*, there is nothing** inherent in > Squeezebox that makes it "better" than anything a similarly designed CD > player could do. Heh. Okay then. Anyone care to argue with this? How many people on this forum thought that there were some inherent sonic advantages to playing music off of a hard drive? Not that the other advantages aren't enough, mind you. -- pvadbx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pvadbx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5719 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28621 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
