It is entirely possible that you heard something that was not there. If anything the DAC and clock speeds on the SB2 are more accurate and you simply might have a preference for the "looser" DAC/clocks in the SB1.
To be taken more seriously it would be better to do a double blind test where you listen to both players without any knowledge of which player is running and see if you can still detect the differences you have already reported. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2 audio quality. > > Sean, > > Let me first apologize for the post I made on AudioAsylum. I > should have taken my thoughts here first and was unaware that > it would cause a stir. I've asked the folks that run that > forum to remove my post, and hopefully they will. > > The sonic differences we heard are entirely subjective and > not easily quantifiable, but were easily noticed by all of > the folks in attendance. Terms such as 'boxy sounding' and > 'compressed' were used, but there is no way to attach a > measurable metric to this. I would like to be more specific > if there are ways you can advise to do so. We were mostly > just surprised that we heard any differences at all since our > expectations were that flac vs PCM should yield identical > results. That all said, I will take time this weekend to > check through the system setup and make sure that the > differences we hear aren't due to any other factors. > > In the meantime, I've posted a retraction to my comment on > AudioAsylum to hopefully alleviate any harm it may have done. > I was naive to think that my comment would be taken in a > smaller context and the result was certainly not my expectation. > > Ken > > Sean Adams wrote: > > > >> I have and enjoy both my SB1 and the new SB2 I received, but noted > >> that we could indeed hear audible differences between the > two types > >> of streaming. I was (and are still) hoping that this information > >> would be taken constructively by the Slim Devices folks. > > > > > > Ken, > > > > This information is actually not helpful - you need to tell us what > > you're hearing or give some measurements or a test case which > > demonstrates an objective difference. Even a subjective > listening test > > would be helpful, but only if done scientifically and with > > double-blind controls. > > > > I've got s/pdif and analog audio analyzers, oscilloscopes, spectrum > > analyzers, function generators, frequency counters, dozens > of sets of > > receivers and speakers to test with, and a pair of ears. > Any problem > > you can identify could be measured here, but you have to > tell us what it is. > > > > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
