darrenyeats wrote: > $500 USB cable is foo, therefore all audiophile claims are foo?
Darren I've stated this several times before but it bears repeating. Not audiophile claims are foo however the audiophile claims that go completely against known science and that cannot or refuse to be backed up with clear and reproducible evidence are indeed very much FOO. So when the audiophile press lauds a high priced loudspeaker because much of the cost of the loudspeaker is spend on providing a substantial internal bracing to ensure a very rigid cabinet there is very good science which shows that a more rigid loudspeaker cabinet makes for a better sounding unit. But when the claim is made that on-the-fly flac decompression leads to inferior sound that claim is just pure FOO. My basic rule of thumb with respect to today's high end audio publications is that the vast majority of anything written in these magazines regarding digital audio is pure, 100% foo. So for example while there may be some very, very subtle differences between the sound of a well designed $2000 DAC, e.g. the Benchmark, and some $15,000 esoteric DAC these differences are not "vast" nor are they "night and day", as is all too often claimed in these magazines. NOt quite foo since a subtle difference may exist but borderline foo since said difference is so greatly exaggerated. And finally, there is absolutely no difference in the sound of a well made $20 USB cable and a $500 USB - NONE. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100783 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
