magiccarpetride;698621 Wrote: > I regret if you find it offensive, it wasn't my intention. I'm asking > because all I can recall is you always denying that there could be any > difference in hearing various configurations, so I was naturally > wondering if you've been in the situation where you do hear the > differences. > > I have an acquaintance who claims, in a somewhat extreme fashion, that > all these differences we hear when shifting speakers in the room, or > even when getting new speakers, are strictly psycho-acoustic > phenomenon, and that in reality the differences are not really audible.
OK, I'll assume you didn't mean it the way I read it. 1) I have never "denied" any such thing (except for the so-called "vol lock mod" which can NEVER work in this universe) - you have me confused with someone else. Your friend clearly has reality issues... 2) Yes, there are many things that make an audible difference to me and many that don't. After quality of recording/mastering, the things that make the biggest difference TO ME are the speakers, room correction/treatment and active amplification then choice of DAC. Assuming bit-perfect sreaming, everything else is at least one order of magnitude down in effect/impact. Let me give you an analogy: it's like the difference between brand new strings and strings that have seen a couple of hours of light practice on my '58 Les Paul through my '67 Marshall... You dig? -- 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/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters,VdH Toslink,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=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
