darrenyeats;251617 Wrote: > I have one foot firmly in the blind testing camp and one in the > open-minded camp. > > I think sources can sound different. However, I believe the better > sources sound rather similar and to make unbiased judgements on the > subtle differences between them (are they just "different" to me, or do > I "prefer" one to another and if so which one, or was I just imagining > the difference) requires blind listening. This is because the real > differences are so subtle they can be trodden on easily by suggestion > or expectation. > Darren
And you have comapared legions of top level digital sources in the same system ? With all do respekt dont think you know it all just becaue you find your sb3 sounding great, or base your knowledge on what some skepticks rave about in here. I have had varous fine digital sources and the differences are not subbel , not even in dbt that seems to comfuse many peoples mind. What i have found to be the best way to evaluate a surthen component or a complete system is to use well knowen cds then skip to you find where the spicial moment in the music comes , and its exactly herer i find BIG differences between sources. An those big differences are basicly make or beake. Some pieces of music will sound very close to idendical . I have for a long time found the transporters analog outs not satisfing , some special music diddent sound right or just a littel borring. So me and a frind did a tes with his unidisk sc through a linn klimax kontrol preamp. An example Didos melankolic track stoned from the album life for rent in a blind test with level match , between the Linn unidisk sc and Transporter , it starts out sounding almost idendical i have to really listen hard to here a variation, but then the chorus comes , wich is a very dynamic and moving piece that have a amazing synth in the back ground , on the transporter this sound very borring lacking imaged deepth impact it was actually very disapointing and have botheredme ever since i got te transporter , because the music really builds up to this peak but then nothing really happens. Schifting over to the unidisk is like listning to a completly nother piece of music the unidisk sound VERY dynamic emotive and spreads out a very deep soundstage where the beautiful synth is very clear and satisfing. Now if i diddnt had used the chorus as reference point i would be saying the both sound pretty much the same. I ges if you are the usaly hifi type that basicly only uses music to test the gear you will not know what im talking about but if you listens to music because it makes you feel a surthen way i strongly recorment using my method. Or use the linn tune dem method , dont just put some music on and flip the swich a couple of times . -- harmonic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ harmonic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6879 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41160 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
