adamslim;190617 Wrote: > While I appreciate that all design should be driven by intelligence > (evolution excepted!), to me this is no way to design an audio product. > It makes perfect sense if we can measure everything that can possibly > be heard, but I suspect this is not the case. I'd much rather trust > the designer who measures, yes, but ultimately listens to what he > does. >
Well, I agree listening tests should play a role - but my point was mainly that it's impractical to build the thing every possible way and then listen to every configuration and decide which is best. You have to design it first, and if something is wrong you can go back and change it - but most of the design by necessity will rely on theory. Once you have the basics down you can try tweaking it, and listen for the effects. But suppose you could measure lower jitter but not hear it - probably you would choose the configuration with lower jitter, right? And I suspect that situation is much more common than the other way (hearing something but not measuring it). > Robin Bowes] > Are you seriously questioning whether the Transporter sounds any > better > than the stock Squeezebox (2 or 3) ? > Yes. Questioning, not stating. > > Have you even heard a Transporter? No. Someday when I have a chance I'll take PhilNYC up on an invitation; maybe then we can do an ABX with a SB and a Transporter. > > I find your constant scepticism and bringing up of DBT does indeed > stifle discussion and makes this board very boring. We already had this discussion - there were several threads devoted to it. For everyone complaining about mentions of DBT there was someone complaining about endless discussions of ebony pucks. I don't see the point in rehashing that. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33917 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
