dragon1952 wrote: > 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.
Bit perfect can be tested and measured. Nothing subjective about that particular metric. But yes, the OP only proves what sounded better to him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96419 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
