pablolie wrote: > jeffmeh;186851 Wrote: >> Of course they can, but I will stand by my point. It is negligible >> without a highly revealing combination of system, room, speakers, and >> ears. It is probably negligible in most cases even where such a >> combination exists. > > Not sure it has to be a very accurate system - it simply has to happen > to be a chain that happens to produce a more individually tailored and > appealing sound based on the particular change in the chain.
Absolutely. Digital "problems" tend to affect the sound in a certain way - I describe it as a loss of fluidity, a "hardening" of the sound, a loss of depth and sound stage. It may not be immediately obvious on first listen but listening fatigue quickly sets in. My personal theory is that this is caused by phase relationships getting mangled, particularly at high-frequencies. I heard a similar sound through a Rotel amp with a bad tone control design - even when supposedly bypassed, the tone controls sucked the life out of the sound. When I took them out of circuit, the amp totally changed - it became musical. I put this down to phase effects too. Anyway, my point is to agree with pablolie in that I don't think it necessarily needs a particularly accurate system to identify certain changes in the digital source. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
