SoftwireEngineer;202987 Wrote: > Surprising thing is PhilNYC says differences in digital components is > not that much, when the Dodson he sells costs thousands of dollars.
Just to be clear, when we compared the SB3 analog out to the Dodson, I was able to identify the Dodson every time within the first few seconds of listening. But yes, I do generally think that digital sources have the least differences compared to every other component in the audio system chain. IMHO, differences in speakers are the greatest, followed by preamps, then amps, and finally digital sources. This particular listening test notwithstanding, my opinion of digital sources is that the differences tend to be in the level of grain and harshness in the sound. And to me, those are aspects of sound reproduction that make/break the "listenability" of a system to me. Despite the audiophile in me, I could be very happy with a wide range of systems as long as those systems weren't harsh or fatiguing. I do have some additional theories as to why this particular listening test came out with the results it did, but I'm not going to get into them because they are just theories and I don't want to come off as trying to make excuses. As I've mentioned before, I've done blind tests like this before in my system with digital components and have been able to reliably detect differences. -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35068 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
