zanash;212558 Wrote: > great idea but ...in practice I think your ears are more sensitive ... >
Well, in this test you use your ears - you listen to the difference file. You're just making it MUCH easier to hear the differences by removing everything else. If you don't hear anything in the difference file, you've proved conclusively that there were no differences to begin with. Incidentally I did this with FLAC and WAV, and the difference file (from a recording made at the analogue outs of my SB3) consisted of more or less white noise at around -80dB down from the signal. The test file was a piano and cello concerto. I think the noise was coming from the recording process and the A->D it entails. With better equipment you could get better resolution. In any case that proves that if there is any difference between FLAC and WAV playback on my SB3 it's much quieter than white noise at -80dB, and I don't care about it. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
