paulster;693704 Wrote: > I just wonder if any of the people here who believe that computers > and/or storage can actually make a difference have any problems using > ATMs, credit cards or any form of banking that requires computers and > ethernet connections. > > It's got me worried now! ;-)
Snort!!! This whole thing is running rampant. I'm a very good software and systems engineer, and I have more than a little electronics in my background. (1) I can change a dratted USB cable between my Mac and a high end synch USB DAC (a Wavelength Proton) and -I can hear a difference-. Honestly, truly, and with repeatable certainty. So what? Im absolutely sure there is a reason for it, but I am also sure anyone who tells me I am hallucinating is wrong. :) (2) As a test, I took and wrote AIFF music files to a linux disk as a consecutive file, and as a very scattered around the disk fragmented file. It made a difference in the playback sound. Surprised me, but it did. Why? I don't know. I was annoyed that it made a change, but the obvious suspect is disk activity. The differences went away when I loaded the files into memory before I sent them to the DAC. (3) The Touch sounds different if you play back through different interfaces. And if you are playing around with USB, if two different USB cables sound different - so what? I haven't tried it, because I haven't got a clean USB playback from a touch yet. If when I do try it, they sound different, it isn't going to rock my world. I'll just use the cable that sounds best and enjoy the music. (4) As for TAS nonsense, yeah - even a 4 year old would have little difficulty in seeing through that. But other folks around the net have similar personal experience it is difficult to dismiss. Besides, who is it hurting guys? The net is full of vampire hunters determined to track down and stomp any such "nonsense." They do seem to take all the fun out of the hobby.... I wonder if the whole flaming issue is just a publicity stunt for "The Hunger Games?" -Paul -- paul.raulerson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ paul.raulerson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=50346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93549 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
