opaqueice;200220 Wrote: > That's possible, and no matter how well you design the test there are > always going to be factors like that people will point to. We didn't > do this carefully at all, because (at least for my part) I just wanted > to know how significant the difference was. > > It sounds like a number of people feel XLR is possible to distinguish > from RCA. So that will certainly go on my list as something to test > for myself when possible. One question - it's sometimes possible to > hear the difference even unbalanced cables make in the noise floor. > I've tried this, and playing a silent or very quiet track at high > volume you hear a different timbre in the noise with different cables. > But it's totally impossible to hear when playing normal music at normal > volumes. > > Cliveb and Tom, how would you characterize the balanced versus > single-ended difference - was it a noise floor issue like that, or was > it a significant change in the music? Did one clearly sound better?
The balanced had less sibilance and had a smoother top end overall w/o less detail. Violin and classical guitar sounded more natural to me. Vocals sounded more natural. With ensemble music the "air" and sense of space was better to my ears. I know these descriptions are unscientific but that is the best way I can describe what I heard. One of the most interesting observations is that I always wanted to listen to the balanced longer w/o knowing it was balanced. I got lstener fatigue with the rca , especially as the session wore on. In the end we just tested to see how long I listened to one over the other. I was reluctant to switch away from balanced and quck to leave rca. Very interesting although I don't know what that means other than the balanced was not fatiguing. I have wondered if people that think TP is bright and agressive have heard it balanced. -- tomjtx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35068 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
