magiccarpetride;617078 Wrote: > Zeros and ones are always zeros and ones. Providing that their original > order is not tampered with, you cannot have theoretical possibility of > detecting any variations. > > However, it is at the point where zeros and ones get transformed into > analog signal that variabilities creep in. For example, if you're on a > Mac computer, locate a good quality photo on your hard drive. Open that > photo in Safari. Then open the same photo in Firefox. Now position both > browsers side-by-side (you may have to do some resizing of each browser > window), and compare the two renditions of the same photo. Yes, it's the > same zeros and ones, but these two photos look very different. > > Why is that? Digital-to-analog conversion.
Must be a Mac thing... on Windows, Chrome, IE and Firefox reproduce my jpegs identically - I've just tried it. I guess Firefox and Safari use different rendering code. Bit of a strange analogy, because there's no digital-to-analogue conversion going on, with a digital graphics card driving an LCD panel via a DVI connection at the native pixel level... Anyway, as for the violins, it's all simply down to the fact that they are nicely made from quality timber and have aged beautifully...rather like my 40-year old Strat and Dove... However, put any of these instruments in the hands of a poor player and they will all sound dreadful :-) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF x-dacv3/x-10/x-psu(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86236 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
