lrossouw;571794 Wrote: > Well the tests need to be done with whoever believes it to be different. > E.g. someone who says I can hear the difference on system XYZ. > > The equipment shouldn't make a difference unless there is something > that artificially changes the sound depending on what type of stream it > is. A stock touch should be preferred as we don't want someone to say > this or that mod favours the flac or pcm. > > Of course the main problem with this test is that let's say John choses > PCM 12 / 20 times. In this case all we proved is that we can't reject > that they are not the same. This doesn't prove that they *are* the > same but merely that they aren't different to his ears on his system. > > The big thing is not to accidentally reveal to the person which is > which through the rest of the design. > > I wish Phil could run the test and John can be subject :D That way > we'd be 100% sure that it is objective. Perhaps we can arrange > something if John gets a result that is significant. > > Anyway if John or anyone does find a difference we would also just know > that there is a difference in their setup. They could then play with > their setup and/or mod the touch until they figure out what is causing > the difference.
Well, leaving aside the 3,500 miles between us... Anyway, I'm happy to play. If we can agree on a set of test files and a methodology, I'm game. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
