Julf wrote: > No, I'll revise it to "But music is *art*. It is about emotions and > inner feelings. What would some bloody scientists and engineers know > about that? They are too blinded by their measuring gear to see > *life*?" > > Yes, :)
True that music is art, however high end audio is all about money, lots and lots of money, and getting audiophiles to part with their money. If claiming to hear picosecond jitter or PCM stair steps causes audiophiles to open their wallets, well then why not make such claims. I have no doubt that many, if not most, of the mega-buck DACs available do indeed offer a very high level of performance and great sound but there seems to be this giant disconnect between what is in reality a very small improvement and the various claims that these small improvements are "night and day differences" that will "blow the listener away". By the way, the same can be said for most audiophile label remasterings - sure they may sound marginally better but more often than not this slight improvement does not justify the super high price of the recording. Just remember this handy little motto which I may try to trademark and sell to the various high end audio manufacturers and magazines: *DSD IS JITTER FREE!!* Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102391
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