Julf wrote: > No, it could well happen - only to "prove" that measurements don't tell > the whole story.
Silly me! I forgot that measurements, at least in the world of high end audio, are a double edged sword: Super expensive equipment "sounds" great but measures poorly - measurements prove nothing! Inexpensive equipment measures good but not great - measurements don't lie! arnyk wrote: > At least some parts of the above comparisons have been done - by me. > > What I found in the tests that I did was that there were at least some > small differences. > > It's a rule of thumb that modern test equipment is so sensitive and > reliable that almost anything that is even slightly different will also > at least measure slightly differently. > > Check out Archimalgo's Blog - almost every measurement (If not every > measurement) taken under different conditions is at least a little > different. Who are you to say based on just measurements that a > difference is not audible? > > So now we are back at a far more basic question - what does it take for > a measurable difference be an audible difference. No measurement or > combination of just measurements can answer that question. All that just > measurements can tell you is about just measurements. > > If you want to learn something about what actually sounds different to > humans, you must dirty your hands with properly done listening tests > done with humans. Nicely stated. 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: LMS 7.9 on dedicated windows 10 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=105254 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
