There's a strange fear of trying these tests... it's really not that hard. I've done it several times now, including recently for the linear versus stock PS (which requires a minute or so of downtime).
If in the 20 seconds it takes to swap a cable you've already forgotten the sound enough that you can't distinguish, are you going to notice the difference in any real situation - like the next day? And why do you want to compare XLR to XLR? Just try XLR to RCA - you probably won't be able to tell. If you can, you can proceed to try to find out why. Volume matching can be annoying but it's not difficult - the volumes are matched when the two sources are indistinguishable :-). Try an RCA to XLR comparison, with the volumes matched as well as you can, and see if you can hear a difference. As for foobar, I agree results obtained with a standard computer soundcard don't necessarily apply to the SB or transporter. What's really instructive about it is how often you think you can tell the difference and turn out to be wrong. It's very good training, and it helps later in deciding when a difference you think you hear might be illusory. And again, even if for some reason you decide this is all too much trouble, just go and read the results of the many, many tests which others have already done. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32352 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
