JackOfAll wrote: > > > DSD VS PCM > > Light the touch paper and stand well back.... This is really not the > place for any discussion relating to this, but .... You don't have a DSD > (DoP) capable DAC. Should you rush out and buy one? I'm sure if you > asked any vendor of DSD capable DAC's, the answer would be yes, better > sound quality, studio master, blah, blah, blah, marketing bruhaha..... I > seriously doubt the majority of listeners could tell the difference in > "blind" conditions between native DSD and PCM, (converted and output via > dsdplay), played through the same DAC. No one needs to rush out and buy > a DSD capable DAC! Of course, if you were going to anyway......
The discussion about this is stopped ten years ago by a master thesis from the german university of music in Detmold, how has a highly reputeted school for audio engineers. The thesis itself is in german, but here: http://old.hfm-detmold.de/eti/projekte/diplomarbeiten/dsdvspcm/aes_paper_6086.pdf is a translation to english. The summery begins : "These listening tests indicate that as a rule, no significant differences could be heard between DSD and high-resolution PCM (24-bit / 176.4 kHz) even with the best equipment, under optimal listening conditions, and with test subjects who had varied listening experience and various ways of focusing on what they hear. Consequently it could be proposed that neither of these systems has a scientific basis for claiming audible superiority over the other. This reality should put a halt to the disputation being carried on by the various PR departments concerned." The original paper is here: http://old.hfm-detmold.de/eti/projekte/diplomarbeiten/2004/dsdpcm/index.htm Bernd ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ab.wagener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53748 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99395 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
