opaqueice;373199 Wrote: > > Huh? You're not seriously claiming that because we can measure a > difference in (say) THD, that means there's an audible difference? > That would be patently absurd (ever heard of perceptual thresholds? > taken a hearing test?), so I can't imagine that's what you're saying. > Please clarify. I say that there ARE differences. When two amplifiers have a 0,01% diffrence of THD, it means that the sound is not the same. It's as simple as that. I don't pretend that you, me or anybody else can actually find this difference, or even hear it. But there IS one : that's for sure. It's the definition of the word "distortion". And this is what it measures : differences.
So, what I say, is that when we do an ABX test, we actually measure the probability that some (any) auditors can find this difference. If they don't find any, the test means nothing. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56425 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
