cliveb wrote: > I have an anecdote that I like to trot out at times like these... What > you hear is far more to do with what your brain gets up to than the > actual soundfield produced by the stereo system.
Of course! And that is why, the best test setup sometimes may fail. If you hear the same track twice in a double blind setup, you might have another mindset the first and the second time you listen... That is, why I trust my long time listening experience much more than fast comparisons. Its over time that I notice improvements or degradations. When I get more frequently those moments where I just have no choice than to sit down and listen, and I close the eyes and "see" the orchestra, jazz band, or dee Dee B., then it is, because a change happened. The last time I noticed that, was, when I had to send my touch back to Logitech. It had stoped working one day and went to repair... I got a brand new one back. All right. I connected it and it was just aweful. Really. It was audio and not music, I guess, you know what I mean. I tried all my well know tracks. Everywhere the same. I noticed even harshness in the treble where it had never been as far as I remembered. I gave up and listening was just background for a couple of weeks. Then one day I was pleased of what I heard (on Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Abantwana Be Africa (Children of Africa), a wonderful CD by the way) - and I sat down again... Just great! After a couple of more such experiencies it was clear for me, that something changed. Nut just a subtle thing. Really dramatically. I had not changed anything in the setup! But the sound was just again like i remembered it as it was before: With my previous Touch, before it went to repair. Now I guess there is already a thread, probably discussed passionately, about the effects or not of breaking in (although the 0 and 1s look the same ;-) ), so please let's do not start here with this question, but anyway, I have no other explanation to what I observed. So far for my anectote. So again: I will connect my Touch by async USB as soon as my DAC is upgraded and I find time to do so, and I will let you know whether there is improvement or not. You might be right: s/pdf is usually rated better than USB, so the result may be better, worse, different or just the same, I do not have any particular expectation. I won't even try to justify my investment: The upgrade is not expensive and it is mainly made for the possiblity of connecting a computer, so it makes sense anyway, even if the Touch keeps sounding better through s/pdif. darrenyeats wrote: > I agree several posters have kept to theoretical matters. But myself and > TheOctavist have given you our listening experiences. They may or may > not coincide with your views (apparently they don't) but they are what > you asked for. @darrenyeats: Yes. I appreciat that, and I thanked you for that yesterday! @TheOctavist: And I thank TheOctavist too, in particular for the listening testimonial part of his post! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ diego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40897 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95031 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
