opaqueice;581679 Wrote: > When audiophiles complain about legitimate issues like overly compressed > pop or the growing prevalence of crappy standards like 128 kbps MP3, > they should remember the boy who cried wolf.
I don't quite understand what you're trying to say here. I really don't have that much of problem with DBT, which along with measurements and subjective listening tests is just another tool in the toolbox, but what I do object to is the slavish adherence to DBT as the be all and end all of audio testing. I feel that DBT is a little like the blind man and the elephant story - blind man feels the tail and thinks it's a snake, feels the task and thinks it's tree, feels the leg and thinks.... With DBT one is only testing the system and the music being used for the test - nothing more and nothing less. Change any of the components or the music and the test becomes invalid. Therefore all DBT results should be followed with a statement such as "These results are only valid for these pieces of equipment playing these pieces of music" or a similar disclaimer. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82067 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
