Cliff;210396 Wrote: > Yeah, I didn't have someone blindfold me and have both units connected > at the same time with a switch ready to go... > > But I had my stock unit which I owned for several months when I heard > about AP's mods. I believe he sent me a modded Transporter which he > had sent out to some shows to demo. > > Anyways I listened to the modded unit, listened to my stock unit, made > up my mind, and sent back my stock unit to Anthony with some price > difference for the upgrades. If I didn't like the modded unit I would > have just sent it back with no cost. > > There's no good way to A/B sound and music and the best ears can maybe > discern barely 50% in reported previous "blind tests". > > But whether there's some placebo effect or not it doesn't matter if my > ears are happy every time I sit down in front of my rig and my wallet > is not complaining. BTW, for the work put into the unit, I think it > was quite reasonable. I know the Slim Devices CEO has berated modded > units and I respect the R&D that went into the Squeezebox and > Transporter. Both are awesome devices in and of themselves. I do > think someone that knows what they are doing can get more performance > out of them, but to mass produce units like these with higher grade > opamps, etc. etc. would bring costs up to probably at least 2x what > they are selling for
I'm glad to hear you did a side by side test. I certainly value anyones opinion as long as they make an effort to do somewhat of a valid test. Step one is to do side by side A/B test. Step 2 is to blind side by side test which is not always easy to do. I have done what Tom describes above too many times to count. Got this great nice new component, plug it in and go Oh my god this is great. Then it turns into, oh shoot. Now that I matched levels and go back forth one minute I think I hear a difference and next minute I don't. It was on old favorite test album I had not listened to in 6 months (what ever, it had no immediate reference). It was that hyped up adrenalin on the first listen that made it sound great. Completely in my head. Its very hard to forget that first impression too and if you know which system youre on youll be biased forever. Cant tell you how many times this has happened. And how disappointed I was when I more carefully tested things. Its hard, very hard. Sometimes its easier to assume the more expensive setup is better because it should be. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26306
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