darrenyeats wrote: > It's actually figure 9 I'm questioning. Fig.9 is an example of the > measurement made on every digital source reviewed by Stereophile. The > result varies in each test, and is a measurement at the analogue output. > Have a look at almost any review there e.g. > http://www.stereophile.com/content/chord-electronics-hugo-tt-da-headphone-amplifier-measurements#Vur2dhfuZZR2KXxg.97 > figure 5. >
I think that when dealing with sources that present themselves as having superior knowledge, one important thing is to keep one's eyes on the big picture and not get caught up in what may turn out to be minor or even irrelevant details that will only waste time or distract if taken too seriously. The big picture of digital audio applies to this situation as follows: An undithered digital signal is well known to cause problems, and the standard recipe for recording digital audio signals includes applying adequate dither. If someone chooses to evaluate audio gear with undithered digital signals, well its a free world and they can do what they want to do, but they are basically breaking applicable rules for making digital recordings. Out another way, a recording of music for general listening that lacks dither is mystery meat. There is no guarantee that it will fully exploit the media and equipment that you use with it. Furthermore, it can be shown that virtually every commercial recording of music is dithered, even if not intentionally dithered, as a natural consequence of being recorded in the real world as we know it. In short, this business of testing digital audio gear with undithered recordings is a technical rabbit hole. It is hard for me to imagine why someone who is well-informed about digital audio would in good faith, do such a thing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105769 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
