magiccarpetride;611122 Wrote: > Let me turn the tables for a moment here, and ask a pointed question: > if, by comparing two audio components side-by-side, you can definitely > hear a difference, do you think that difference can be measured? > > By 'measured' I mean detected using some measuring equipment, > preferably with buttons and dials and blinking lights and beeping > sounds. In the most ideal case, that measuring device would even be > able to print out a histogram.
If there really is a difference, yes. If there isn't, then no. The problem lies in the question; "hearing" is affected by all sorts of things and mostly takes place in the brain where all bets are off. Ears+brain != reality measuring device -- 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) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF x-dacv3/x-10/x-psu(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones 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=85681 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles