Phil Leigh;513323 Wrote: > It's really easy to prove that different capacitors in the audio path > have an impact on the sound. AudioDiffMaker can prove that in seconds. > Which you prefer is a matter of...preference.
I doubt AudioDiffMaker is going to be able to measure certain attributes of sound, such as airiness or ambient. The capacitor is just an example, you can think of it as why your speakers manufacturer put certain kinds of caps in your speakers' crossover. They were the results of many listening tests besides calculations. I believe there is a body of knowledge that we are not quite sure how to do measurement yet. And these are audio qualities that are currently being dealt with empirical approach, namely, listening tests and fine tuning components. Pass Labs, Ayre, you name it, all such high end manufacturers fine tuned their products with empirical approach besides superb engineering. FWIW, I've done a speakers placement experiment awhile ago. I placed my speakers 12 ft apart in an equilateral triangle, so I'm also sitting 12 ft away, but they were not toed in. I used my TacT 2.2xp and performed a room measurement/correction. The frequency response curve is flat. When I listened to this configuration, the sound stage and imaging were aweful. Then I toed in my speakers 30 deg completely facing me and performed the room correction measurement. The sound stage and imaging were back and they were very pleasing. If you just go by measurement on freq response, both setups have flat response, yet the sound is very different. -- Kuro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74721 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
