hammer65;213420 Wrote: > I have been an audiofile for many years and tried a lot of different > equipment both transistor/valve amplifiers, dynamic/electrostatic > speakers. Some of my friends are constructors of HiFi-equipment and I > have lend my ears for many critical listening sessions.
I think Sean has made it clear many times that he designed the SB3 and transporter to faithfully reproduce the audio, without adding anything to the signal that might color the sound. Folks who create amplifiers are very often looking to add/enhance particular dynamics in the audio. Your friends may very well value your ears when it comes to telling them if something sounds "right" to you. That's perfectly fine, but not at all relevant to the discussion of the DIGITAL OUTPUT STAGE on the SB3. Your claim is that the digital output on the SB3 has a problem. You base this on human perception of the analog output (filtered through your system and speakers). Sean has tested the digital stage and can see no problems. He's basing this on measurement equipment connected directly to the DIGITAL stage. Human beings, no matter how much they may want to believe otherwise, can be influenced in their perceptions. Measurement equipment is designed to isolate external influences and provide an accurate picture. See the problem? Your claim about the digital stage is based entirely in analog perception, while Sean has verified the digital output using digital test equipment. No one has disputed that YOU, personally, PERCEIVE a problem, or that your friends, neighbors, and measurement guys with royal pedigrees, PERCEIVE a problem. The issue is simply that you haven't given anyone enough data to confirm the problem. Can you please, please, please try the SCIENTIFIC methods of recording/comparing that have been repeatedly suggested in this thread? > It's very sad that you Seanadams has an negatively attitude to > critisism. Isn't it important as a constructor/inventor to be > openminded and try to listen to critical voices. Even if our problem > sounds rather strange. Actually, I've found Sean to be very open to input on his products. He's incredibly passionate about them being the best they possibly can be and I've never seen him react negatively to someone who has information that will help him make the product better. > I have contacted a friend/researcher at the Royal Institute of > Technology here in Stockholm for help with the measurement. Maybe this > measurement will tell us if everything is placebo or not. Excellent. Can you PLEASE have him perform the tests suggested here? If you come back with a answer that "he hears it too" and haven't run the tests that have been suggested, I'll have to lock this thread as simply a very long, elaborate troll (and then I'll go have the hook surgically removed). -- JimC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
