magiccarpetride wrote: > I'm not buying your math here. If that were the case, then it would be > literally impossible to detect any differences between various PSUs. The > thing is that when an electrical audio component operates, it tends to > interject certain random noise back into the electrical circuit. If your > audio chain is not properly balanced, these tiny electrical noises can > feed back and get magnified along the audio chain and then emerge at the > other end (i.e. in your speakers) as interference. We've all heard that > (the unwanted buzz and the hum), and we've all heard how great the music > sounds once we manage to clear up that congestion, if even for a bit. > > When we upgrade an audio component and go with a higher quality one, the > benefits are mostly in the area of noise reduction. It takes careful > engineering and a lot of know-how to be able to tame those pesky little > interferences, which explains why is this hobby so bloody expensive. The massive S/N ratios indicate just how miniscule those little interferences are these days. Buzz, hum and hiss I would associate with analogue sources such as tape or vinyl or with something that is actually faulty.
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