darrenyeats wrote: > I also perceive a small difference between coax and TOSLINK S/PDIF from > Touch into my Benchmark.
Interfaces may be very product/implementation specific it can be that one is better . There is no reason to rank interfaces from best to worse as the hardware and combinations of hardware differs so much ,so I no longer believe in generalisation on what best. With another source another input could be preferable . John Swenson have argued this very well . And I do believe he's technically correct . I may disagree with John on the point that many subtle things are directly audible , but they should be considered if you design a product and they matter for the complete result . However do try to an A/B comparison if possible . Yea it's not always convient to setup I know it's a hobby after all. The classical way to underestimate the power of perceptionall bias is to find things so "obviusly better" that you don't need a controlled test ;) in that moment you prove two things . You don't get this bias/placebo thing and you do really need a controlled test. The expected result with all reasonable good digital interfaces is that they should sound the same . One can be technically better and that one should be used on its technical merit . I believe that things add up in the end so it's still worthwhile . But it's nothing to get OCD over . You don't need another DAC because it does not have USB or DSD . In La la land , AES/EBU was the thing to have for a while , but it's noting special about it ,made to fit studios and to be able to reuse XLR conections ? Sean Adams who designed the transporter have made an excellent post arguing that it can in many cases be worse than spdiff ( old post somewhere on the forum ). I spend all the time I saved obsessing over quarks going the wrong way in my cables , by listening to actual good music :) Figuring I have far to many records only for thier good sound ( got the T-shirt bla bla ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101084 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
