Phil, you summarize better than me, but is exactly what i think:
You could never Know how was the original, so you use a convenction (44.100 Hz) and try to be as close as you can to it. Maybe is not the perfect word in English, I apologize for this, but whit Systemic I mean a factor that reproduce exactly the same each time in same enviromental conditions, not simply "connate". Then Drift is not Systemic if 2 playback of the same file are different in same system boundary, but connate unless you lock the two clock. Other factor are systemic, just becose you get null difference over 2 playback 'cleaned' by Drift errors. If it was not like this, we had clear differences between FLAC and WAV Playback, but you showed to me. I'm with you: what we could only do is try and use a more accurate/stable/less jittery DAC clock, and hope that gets us closer to the original (as is for all the other Audio gear, anyway). Science - today - stops here, as you stated. ...But, as for all the other gear, is not possible in your opinion that "external" factor as Power supply quality, RFI, EMI, Vibration,... could affect the job of the existing Clock ? Then, back to the original question, could You exclude for sure that the operation involved in SB to play a Flac file (not the file itself) as for instance the FF/REW, could affect somehow the job of the clock, then produce different drift respect the Theorethical 44.100Hz? Is quite unlikely, I still think Placebo effect is more likely (95%) but I think you could agree with me that we could not say is impossible! Keep on listening! Regards, Marco. -- marcoc1712 ____________________________________________________________ SB+, Klimo Merlino + Kent Gold, Monitor Audio Studio 20 Gold SE+, Klimo reference and DIS Interconnect. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ marcoc1712's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34842 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
