Quad wrote: > I have a question for you guys: ralphpnj, Julf, Mnyb, Archimago, mlsstl > (order is not important) > > Do you think you are able to discern Diet Coke and Coke? > > Almost everyone claims to be able to identify them but the majority > can't. Many tests have proven this. > > But I can. Here I stand; I can do none other (double blind tested, I > promise). So what's wrong with my system? > > (My library is in FLAC and I stream as FLAC.)
?? Not sure what the problem is ?? For a SB system like the Transporter that netchord is using, ALAC is being dealt with by the server; therefore the Mac is sending the same data stream whether ALAC or AIFF. Yet there's supposedly an audible difference. Therefore, either the judgment of perception is incorrect or if there is a perceptual difference, then the data stream going to the Transporter is different for some reason. We can't even use the jitter argument here since it's all packet data transfer through ethernet with large enough buffer (>20Mbits I think). As for USB vs. HDMI. Hardware interfaces certainly could make a difference in some cases... Jitter results could be different (though of course hopefully low in good gear). However, realize that unless we measure it, there's also no way to ensure there's no volume differences and that bit-perfection is achieved. BTW, what did they do to the NAD to make it "Rowen Swiss"? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 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
