ralphpnj wrote: > In celebration of Nieuwe Haring Dag 2015 (New Herring Day 2015) and your > constant stream of red herrings I offer you this link: > https://www.oysterbarny.com/event/nieuwe-herring/ > > The red herrings present in your quoted post above: > > Many (if not all) of the problems and noise associated with > non-asynchronous USB computer outputs are the result of really poorly > designed and super cheaply manufactured computers. But that is one of > the snake oil salesman's favorite tools - give an example of something > that it truly broken rather than something that is working properly and > then offer a "fix" to the problem, since a properly working item would > not need to be "fixed" in the first place. This technique was also used > in the early days of high end cables since any well designed and well > made cable "fixes" the problems that arise when using poorly made > el-cheapo freebie cables. What is deliberately not stated by the snake > oil salesman is that the $500 cable offers absolutely no improvement > over the well designed and well made $20 cable. Please show even one > example of someone using the USB output on any Mac computer experiencing > the problems you mention above, since Macs are well designed and well > made computers.I'm sure you can give us a list of "properly designed" DACs - > you know the ones where all inputs sound the same? If properly designed, surely it wouldn't matter if connected to a PC or Mac, would it? Again, your schizophrenic nature is showing - so maybe you do need therapy as you so rightly self-diagnosed?
> In the link given Mr. LeSurf fails to mention if any of the measured > noise and distortions are AUDIBLE!! Last time I checked (about one > minute ago) I was a human and not an oscilloscope. This is the exact red > herring that was used in the great jitter controversy and just another > example of audiophiles getting everything ass-backwards. The reality: > not everything that can be measured can be heard but everything that can > be heard can be measured. The audiophile belief: everything that can be > measured can be heard and not everything that can be heard can be > measured.Right, I already predicted this response, congratulations, you win > the top prize for coming in first. But I guess you deny the many reports of audible noise with mouse & keyboard activity using non-asynch USB or maybe they are just mass delusion & these are the people needing therapy, not you? > One thing I do know after years of arguing with audiophiles is that > audiophiles can never win any argument by trying to use logic since > logic is not part of the audiophile belief system. I suggest that in the > future you keep away from logic since you know nothing about how logic > works.Oh, dear - you demonstrate the very thing you accuse me of but your problems don''t allow you this self-awareness, I guess ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jkeny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103684 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
