Gazjam wrote: > ... > Its valid enough, and it was level matched, .but I know my ears and it > wasn't a lab experiment ;) Pleased to hear it was level-matched.
But nobody "knows their ears". It has been demonstrated time and time again that what you hear is influenced by *all* stimuli, so a sighted comparison has no validity. Gazjam wrote: > If anything the Transporter being older might have thought the Oppo > would have been better. That's another standard response that doesn't stack up. Just because you consciously think you may have expected the Oppo to be better doesn't alter the fact that you have no idea what your subconscious is thinking. The mind is a complex device that plays all sorts of tricks. Anyone who claims they are immune to these effects is declaring themselves to be a freak. Gazjam wrote: > Too easy to over think these things IMO, enjoying music is a subjective > experience really. Amen to that. Enjoying the music is what really counts. And if a sighted audition causes you to prefer one DAC over another, then that is the one you should use - even if the two DACs actually deliver identical soundfields. There's nothing wrong with preferring a piece of audio equipment because it looks sexy. Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102852 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
