Robin Bowes;220769 Wrote: > > I firmly believe that the source is important - as important if not > more > so than the other factors you mention. > > I find that my ears can adjust to relatively major deficiencies such > as > imperfect frequency response, but I can't listen to a poor digital > source for any length of time. I may not even be able to tell the > difference between one source and another in an A/B test, blind or > otherwise, but I find that I can "hear" a bad digital source over a > period of extended listening. > > <snip> > R.
Robin, I am also not in the "all digital sources are the same" camp. Nevertheless, I am in the "if you can't tell blind then you can't be sure" camp. zanash;220495 Wrote: > the only real test should be with your ears and in many cases adding the > complication of dbt often creates more problems than answers..imo > Well, I trust my ears. I just don't trust my brain! It can play tricks on me. I understand the point about long-term listening. But if short-term listening can be mistaken sighted, so can long-term listening. So, what if short-term blind listening was inconclusive? Perhaps a long-term blind test is part of the answer. Difficult (maybe very difficult) to do, but for me I would never trust myself without it, especially after my latest experience... Darren -- darrenyeats Monarchy CLD-M401 transport or SB3 -> Sony DAS-703ES DAC -> Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 (home-made room treatments and supports) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37553 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
