This is about to get into a religious debate. It's obvious you don't believe that your mind can influence what you hear, otherwise you would wish to investigate further by doing some blind tests. Some of the others on the forum, me included, believe that our minds can and do influence what we hear all the time.
Without common beliefs it isn't possible for the subjectivists and objectivists to reach agreement...but I suggest the above is the key belief that splits the two camps. The reasons the issues of FLAC vs WAV and the network switch differences are worthy of a blind test IMO is that: - FLAC and switches are handy. - There isn't a convincing technical explanation, at present, as to why they might sound different. - If an audible difference exists for these, it's likely to be on the subtle side. All three make the idea that it's in your mind a more attractive direction to investigate. Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz -> Krell KAV-300i (pre bypass) -> PMC AB-1 Dell laptop -> JVC UX-C30 mini system ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
