philippe_44 wrote: > This is so funny - almost choked up laughing. i also like the conclusion > of the article above > > ================ > In a quick personal ranking to date, covering all these tests, my notes > put the Kingston SSD's sound quality first with hindsight more a > cerebral than an emotional choice then the QNAP2, followed by either > of the 2.5in drives in the Synology DS411slim. QNAP2 still had perhaps > the most engaging bass performance of the crop, but its involving > musicality came at the expense of a somewhat narrower soundstage. > ================ > > i want the 'engaging bass performance', so i ditched all my existing NAS
What really infuriated me about the HiFiCritic article was the lack of a list of substances consumed while conducting the listening tests. So I have no idea if it was the wine, beer, bourbon, vodka, gin, weed, LSD, etc. that made the various drives sound different or was the author just imagining everything. 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=102918
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