Phil... First, sorry to hear that you've got unwanted time on your hands...here's to a speedy recovery. Second, thanks for your time and hard work looking into this.
In a way it's too bad that your results were not more conclusive--either way---as they've managed to beautifully feed both sides of this argument! But, hey, it is what it is. I only use the spdif out, so will be interested in your further results. I suspect the end result of all this is that soundcheck's mods will result in audible improvements for some and not others...completely dependent on each of our own unique combinations of amps, speakers, dacs, networking equipment, power supplies, cables, ears, and brains. To my way of thinking there are just too many variables to, at the end of all this, be able to say something emperically definitive either way. You can only measure things so far, but what each of us finally hears coming out of our speakers is ultimately subjective. In our house the cumulative improvement of the mods (less the volume lock which I do understand could not have an effect if one was already at 100%), is above the level of subtle. I believe in my heart that anyone with a good pair of ears and perfect auditory recall (heheh) would be easily able to hear the difference if we could do that sort of instant A/B comparison. I'm mostly retired and listen to many hours of music each day, so was all "broken in" to the "before mods" sound. IMHO, post soundcheck's mods, cables, and ethernet installation, there is clearly a difference and certainly Mrs. rgro shares the same feelings....and we rarely agree on anything (reference the PC vs Mac ads!) heheh ;>)!! Finally...again, magiccarpetride???....lordy, lordy....CHILL DUDE! I happen to basically share much of your experience but it's only your opinion based on your, and ONLY your, set of ears listening to only your system. What Phil, me, or Joe from the street might hear sitting in your living room could be significantly different. We're all humans and that diversity of experience is what makes life rich. Respect what Phil does and his perspective---it's every bit as valid as yours. There is absolutely nothing preventing you from expressing your thoughts and opinions without the crudeness. People do find that language offensive. It does nothing positive and much negative...the good you may have to say is too easily drowned out by the vulgarity. Please, for your own sake and for those who prefer not to read that stuff, dial it down a few notches... -- rgro Rick System information ------------------------ Main: PS Audio Quintet > Touch (wired) via spdif coax > CA DacMagic > Marantz PM8003 > VA Mozart Grands > REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) > Pioneer VSX 919 > Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
