jkeny wrote: > Well, Arny, as usual, you didn't read through the link before commenting > - in post 12 he details the CDs & tracks he used & the resampler he > used. > > But, of course one statistically robust positive Foobar example is only > a strong indication that this should be investigated further - not > dismissed with snide comments like ralphpnj > > As I already said, he does a number of tests on different material & > different equipment & produces Foobar logs for them. > > Of course, if you can't find a reason to dismiss the results you can > fall back on the excuse you used to dismiss Amir's numerous positive ABX > results & claim that you don't trust the person doing the test.
It was a snide comment, it was a sarcastic comment, as any ABX test would have shown. But seriously now it is you that is simply chasing your own tail. Why is the USR important to Squeezebox users? Because some SB users have modified their SB Touches to use the USB input as an output. But why do they want to use the USB input as an output? So that they can listen to 24bit/192kHz files. But why do they need to listen to 24bit/192kHz files? Because some guy on some forum claims to hear a difference. NEWS FLASH: it's the internet, the place where anyone can claim anything, much like the vast majority of the high end audio press. I worked for over 30 years as a mechanical engineer in the field of plumbing and fire protection design. It is often said that there are many analogies between piping systems and electrical system. One of those analogies is that of a storage tank to a capacitor and in the case of digital audio that capacitor is analogous to a buffer. The squeezebox devices all use a buffer as a means of isolating the wi-fi and ethernet signal from the signal being fed to the internal or external DAC (in reality the buffer in the squeezeboxes is more like a combination of a storage tank and a fixed air gap, since it completely isolates one signal from the other). A simple buffer with it's own word clock at the input of any USB DAC would do the same. So to me all this talk of noisy USB signals and the like is simply the result of very, very poor design and engineering, which is why I keep calling the whole thing a circle jerk. 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=103684 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
