SatoriGFX;179332 Wrote: > > Blind testing proves little. Example, a recent study showed a group of > supposedly qualified people (classical musicians and so on) could not > tell the difference between the sound of a Strad and a far more run of > the mill violin. But, anyone who believes that they sound the "same" > is deluding themselves. >
I don't follow your logic. They couldn't hear the difference, but your faith tells you there must be one, and therefore blind tests don't work? Wouldn't it be simpler to posit that there isn't a difference? As for MP3, don't forget it was designed to remove the information which is least perceptible to people. On the other hand speakers and rooms distort in a way that is obvious and immediately audible. Anyway, I rip everything to FLAC because it's hardly any more trouble and might make a difference, so this isn't a particularly germane issue at least for me. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32576 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
