It is impossible to A/B compare two hifi components close enough (souces, amplifiers, cables, etc) which have a 1dB (or sometimes less) difference. The louder one is always considered as "more open", "more detailed" etc.
I made the experiment with twice the _same_ component. The 1dB louder is always "better" : all listeners (including me) agree. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Cyrus 8xp - 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=60169 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
