opaqueice;214038 Wrote: > > It might also be that essentially all modern digital sources, playing > any form of uncompressed 16/44.1 media, are indistinguishable by ear. > I wonder how many subjectivists are open-minded enough to admit *that* > possibility.
I think that is too much of a sweeping statement, and maybe even intentionally provocative ;-) A lady friend of my wife, who knows nothing of hifi, could certainly hear a difference between a modern source (SB3) and my rather old CD transport/DAC combo. It was a blind test done last week, and she chose the transport/DAC combo 5 out of 6 times. The exception was the first track played, and afterwards /she/ pointed out it was the first time she'd heard my system ever and therefore was confusing. But even on that first track she heard a difference, she was just mixed up as to which she preferred. Last track was Corrina Corrina (Muddy Waters Live) and I asked her to describe the difference - she said the CD transport sounded "more live". Out of the mouths of babes... Darren -- darrenyeats ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
