cliveb;662446 Wrote: > Yes, but small RG values don't necessarily cause noticable loudness > differences. > A very slightly quieter playback can have the same perceived loudness > but sound subtly worse. > I'm not saying this is definitely what's going on - just positing a > possible explanation.
Exactly ,what I meant . "better" is such a word in this context ? An accurate rip and a squeezebox should beat any kind of disc driven transport or the disc driven transport can be equal if it manage to get an error free read of the disc. But connected to TP's internal DAC the stored file has an advantage in that it does not have to use a spdif interface to get there ? This borders on the impossible ? you cant get better than perfect ? *Either all OP's rips are broken . *Replaygain *Or the drive is very "special" and manage to influence playback via jitter or other electrical disturbances , and gives you another audiophile trap, different is better. OP then prefer this "different " sound , but it is not a more accurate representation of the source material. *No blind test, all bets are off. nice anecdote but it does not have any information about the difference in sound-quality. Sometimes the order in which one listen influence things, try to listen to same track 2 times in a row without any changes, things sometimes sound different if you listen more than one time and nothing has changed. All other kinds of subtle influences is this CD drive a nice looking solid "audiophile" component "cognitive dissonance". AES-EBU is it not the worst input/output to use , you don't have to believe me just do a forums search on Seans opinion of AES-EBU when he designed the TP. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90779 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
