You claim that an (X) audible ( ) measurable ( ) hypothetical improvement in sound quality can be attained by: ( ) upsampling ( ) non-oversampling ( ) increasing word size ( ) vibration dampening ( ) bi-wiring (X) replacing the external power supply ( ) using a different lossless format ( ) decompressing on the server ( ) removing bits of metal from skull ( ) using ethernet instead of wireless ( ) inverting phase ( ) reversing polarity of resistors ( ) ultra fast recovery rectifiers ( ) installing bigger connectors ( ) installing Black Gate caps ( ) installing ByBee filters ( ) installing hospital-grade AC jacks ( ) defragmenting the hard disk ( ) running older firmware ( ) using exotic materials in cabinet ( ) bronze heatsinks ( ) violin lacquer ( ) $500 power cords (X) a universally applicable omnidirectional tweeter
Your idea will not work. Specifically, it fails to account for: ( ) the placebo effect (X) your ears honestly aren't that good ( ) your idea has already been thoroughly disproved ( ) modern DACs upsample anyway ( ) those products are pure snake oil ( ) lossless formats, by definition, are lossless ( ) those measurements are bogus ( ) sound travels much slower than you think ( ) electric signals travel much faster than you think ( ) that's not how binary arithmetic works ( ) that's not how TCP/IP works ( ) the Nyquist theorem ( ) the can't polish a turd theorem ( ) bits are bits You will try to defend you idea by: (X) claiming that your ears are trained (X) claiming immunity to psychological/physiological factors that affect everyone else ( ) name-calling ( ) criticizing spelling/grammar Your subsequent arguments will probably appeal in desperation to such esoterica as: ( ) jitter ( ) EMI ( ) thermal noise (X) quantum mechanical effects ( ) resonance ( ) existentialism ( ) nihilism ( ) communism ( ) cosmic rays And you will then change the subject to: (X) theories are not the same as facts ( ) measurements don't tell everything (X) not everyone is subject to the placebo effect ( ) blind testing is dumb ( ) you can't prove what I can't hear ( ) science isn't everything Rather than engage in this tired discussion, I suggest exploring the following factors which are more likely to improve sound quality in your situation: (X) room acoustics ( ) source material ( ) type of speakers ( ) speaker placement ( ) crossover points ( ) equalization ( ) Q-tips ( ) psychoanalysis ( ) trepanation -- amcluesent ------------------------------------------------------------------------ amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503
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