I forget what I was Googling when I ran across this thread, and I'm very sorry to drag it up from the dredges, but I read every page with quite a bit of amazement. What the original poster implied (I think) is that he made a SUBJECTIVE decision that one method sounded superior to another, thus claiming the less-liked method must be inferior, was not bit-perfect, or had some other issues. Just as harmonic distortion in a tube amp can sound pleasing to some (2nd order harmonics or whatever, I'm not an expert), I have read where noise and/or jitter can alter the sound in a way in which to some people might sound better to them? Since it's all subjective, and since things like cables, noise, jitter, etc can alter the sound it makes sense that if you take 10 people it might be divided as to who thinks what sounds 'better' compared to an alternative. But to make a subjective statement, which is one person's opinion, and say that the less-liked method must be inferior is bizarre. Maybe the most-liked method was actually 'inferior' in that it added more noise or jitter into the path which altered the sound in a way the listener found more pleasing, whether it gave the perception of more depth or height or 3D effect or whatever. Just because you find one subjectively better to you doesn't necessarily have anything to do with which is more accurate or resolving or bit-perfect, or whatever. I was just surprised that nobody pointed out the fact that all he proved was that one way sounded better to HIM, which doesn't prove anything at all except that he showed a preference.
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