Gazjam wrote: > I would posit that sometimes the difference between kit can be obvious > enough to over-ride the psychological factors which you mention whilst i > absolutely agree they can be a factor. > Particularly so if your talking subtle differences. Of course sometimes differences are so clear cut that they are obvious.
But modern DACs are sufficiently similar that you really can't ignore the likelihood that non-auditory cues will be the dominant factor in a sighted test. You really, REALLY cannot ignore the fact that everyone is vulnerable to non-auditory cues causing genuine changes in their perception of what they hear. No amount of protestation that "I know my ears", or "it was so obvious it can't be imaginary" cuts it. My own "road to Damascus moment" happened when I was comparing two radically different DACs. It was obvious that one of them was more detailed than the other. Then I did a blind comparison and scored precisely 50%. I'm not saying that you will definitely find there is no difference between your TP, Oppo and M2Tech DACs in a blind trial. But until you actually do that blind trial, you can't know for sure. 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
