Rodney_Gold;312741 Wrote: > I was using the car analogy to illustrate a point that numbers do not > always prove that there is no difference , but as you say , if there is > a difference then your preferences are inviolate. > In audio , there is no universal truth, nothing is ever a straight wire > with gain and thus whatever is on the media is always distorted or > modified in some way before it reaches the listener. There would be no > diversity in Audio equipment if that were the case , and even if you > are talking digital , where the notion (wrongly) is that the signal is > 1's and 0's (its an analog sine wave) , there is diversity in equipment > delivering said signal. > > So no one can possibly be the arbiter of whats right and whats wrong > and the point of view that phoo-phoos and patronises those that prefer > something else cannot be supported.
Rodney - I agree with pretty much everything here except that point about digital. From a given starting point (ie a digital file) - even though the bits are transmitted using an analogue representation of 1's and zeroes over spdif - it is possible to absolutely PROVE that the right bits arrived at the other end or not. Just record the recovered digital pattern and compare with the original. The problems with digital generally occur at the transitions from/to analogue audio. Phil -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48900 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
