mlsstl wrote: > No one demanded you provide proof. However, you are treating your own > perception under "sighted" conditions (i.e., that you have knowledge of > which format is being played at any point) as having some underlying > technical cause. To refer to your post from 4/22, you said "...when > computers are involved, hardware, software, codecs, connectivity all > have an effect." > > In short, your a priori given is that any difference you hear must be > due to technical factors. You left zero room that the real cause might > have been the way your own brain processes things. Once again, we have a > subjectivist who leaves no allowance for subjective factors. > > I've often been in the middle of a listening session when I've been > interrupted by a phone call. The pause button is hit, and a few or more > minutes go by, then I hit pause again to pick up where I left off. It is > not uncommon for the music to sound somehow different. Sometimes it > seems better -- more dynamic and engaging. Sometimes it doesn't sound as > good. > > Now I could go looking for a technical explanation such as the electric > supply to my house has gotten quieter or noiser. Or perhaps the DAC or > buffer circuit has been affected somehow by the pause. However, the far > and away most likely explanation is that my own focus of attention has > changed due to the interruption. > > The odds are excellent that the same thing is at work in your perception > of two different lossless file formats.
perhaps you'd have a point if the results were random, meaning i randomly preferred one format over the other. but that's not the case; I routinely prefer AIF over ALAC. there are times when the differences are small, if any, but where there's an audible difference, the preference is ALWAYS for the non-compressed file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ netchord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98630 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
