acousticsguru;229890 Wrote: > > > You meant to say sighted as well as blind and double blind, correct? > I'll assume you overread that part and are not trying to get smart on > me trying to put your words into my mouth, all right? It appears to be > getting late again, long day ;^) > > Greetings from Switzerland, David.
David, now we're getting somewhere. I went back and re-read your posts. You said you heard differences when you did blind testing - but not with SB3 or Transporter. Ok, I can believe that. No problem. Difference between SPDIF and AES/EBU? I can think of at least one reason there could theoretically be a difference: noise. AES/EBU should be transformer coupled (either on the output of the transport or input of the DAC). The galvanic isolation could provide a reduction in noise - which could affect things, at least, in theory. These differences could be even greater if the cable length is very long (>10 meters, let's say). So, while I don't believe jitter is a major concern with the SB3 or Transporter - I could imagine that noise is a concern that could be audible. BTW, my ezDAC (a DIY DAC I have designed) is transformer-coupled on the input, so you know I'm not just saying this for no reason. One last question - which may help all of us. Do you have any recollections from your testing of what qualities could be detected between these formats/transports? For example, was it as obvious as more/less noise? Or was it more subtle, like stereo imaging/separation/etc? Oh, before I forget - do yourself a favor - and get a Squeezebox today! -- ezkcdude There are 10 kind of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't. SHINYMETAL '*Site*' (http://www.ezdiyaudio.com)| '*RSS*' (http://www2.kumc.edu/students/ezamir/rss/ezdiyaudio.xml) |'*Forum*' (http://ezdiyaudio.informe.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38637 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
