magiccarpetride;683538 Wrote: > I think even the Pope in Vatican has less dogmatic, more flexible and > enlightened view on things than you do.
Since you're invoking the Holy Father, pray tell exactly when it became dogmatic to believe in the truth? I'll give you an example of the kinds of nonsense that passes for a serious discussion about digital audio. In this month's TAS in part three of the absolutely hilarious series entitled "Computer Music Audio Quality" there is the following passage: "We first asked the question whether the sonic degradation associated with repeated FLAC-to-WAV conversions were cumulative. To this end we performed 5 to 10 consecutive FLAC-to-WAV conversions on each computer in System 1 and System 2, respectively.....We consistently found that there was a cumulative stepwise decrease in overall sound quality (audible as a decrease in image height, stage depth, clarity and rhythm and pace)." Now the above statement is complete and utter nonsense. One can do several thousand consecutive FLAC-to-WAV-to-FLAC conversions (which I believe is what they should have written but being such jerks they couldn't even get that right) and then run a check sum on the resulting FLAC or WAV and find that it is IDENTICAL to the original file. Now check sums are the basis for parity files, which themselves are the basis for silly little things like data integrity, without which no computer would be able to function. This is exactly the kind of nonsense I was referring to when I wrote "I came to the realization that the audio myth makers are trying their best carry over some of the truths and myths of analog audio into digital audio and therein lies the problem." The authors believe that since there are generational loses when one makes analog copies there MUST BE generational loses in digital. Completely and patently untrue. Finally dogmatic means "2. asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated." I am not asserting an opinion, I am asserting a verifiable FACT, and facts are not opinions. Now I understand why several other forum think that you contribute nothing worthwhile to this forum. -- 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=92918 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
