ralphpnj wrote: > Electricity and digital signals behave the same whether they are in a > computer or a piece of high end audio equipment. > Digital signals yes, audio isn't all digital though. ralphpnj wrote: > > Now how do you know whether or not I've listened to or owned other > digital front ends in my system, and if so, whether or not my mind was > blown? Simple answer, you don't. > To quote Julf, because of what you write? Mnyb wrote: > It's even simpler it tells of there is a real difference or not to begin > with . A blind test can tell if you if there's a difference. A negative result is a little harder to interpret unless you have a watertight test, and that's much harder to argue in the real world.
Even a negative SIGHTED result is not proof of something being not hearable ... is it? There are so many factors about the test (sighted or blind) which need to be controlled and known before having confidence in a negative result. Just "blind test" doesn't cut it. Julf wrote: > Even worse, anybody can spout whatever silly opinion, and then shout > "you can not deny my subjective observations". > Well ... you can't! That's life. Mnyb wrote: > It would greatly benefit our hobby if equipment where designed with more > science and less woo . > Woo is there because people are willing to pay for woo, I suppose. ralphpnj wrote: > Digital audio has thrown the world of high end audio for a loop and so > far they have not been able to recover. $300 DACs that test, measure and > sound as good as $30,000 DACs and $5 USB cables that test, measure and > sound as good as $500 USB cables - what is the world coming to?!?!? And > more importantly - where are the advertising dollars going to come > from?!?!? IMO (this is open to interpretation!) the best two measuring DACs on Stereophile are the Weiss 202 and dCS Vivaldi, so more money is required for top performance, putting aside audibility for a moment. ralphpnj wrote: > Stereophile has included measurements with many their equipment reviews > for quite some time and whenever the measurements run counter to the > subjective reviewers conclusions the measurements are ALWAYS disregarded > and often deemed faulty in some way. I applaud Stereophile for putting the measurements in - I'd miss them if they disappeared. Mnyb wrote: > Here is quite the opposite this wonderful guy have made a new video on > basic digital signal behaviour http://xiph.org/video/vid2.shtml take the > time its very very good Great video that. Have a good day everyone! Put down the burning torches and let the subjectivists back into this forum, or I predict you won't have a real forum anymore. Check it, add to it! http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. SB Touch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102330 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
