Gandhi wrote: > Please explain in more detail in what way that you feel that Diffmaker > is broken and what means you have used to come to that conclusion.I found > issues with time alignment which I posted but you don't even need my results - look 'here' (http://www.slapmedia.com/diffmaker/)
> But it really doesn't matter. There are dedicated hardware signal > processing/measuring devices available, which for instance can subtract > signals. While Diffmaker is free, these are not, so not that many > hobbyists have one of those. But any self-respecting company that > designs, constructs, manufactures and sells audio hardware has at least > one.Right! > Measurements are actually not just an academic exercise. They can be > made by any person with adequate equipment and a smidge of knowledge. > Good equipment might nowadays still be expensive, but not very > expensive. The measurements then form the basis for consumer > information. Nothing academic about that.They are academic as far as a > consumer evaluating how a device will sound (excepting speaker measurements) > A null in this case would mean to be indistinguishable from the noise > floor of the measuring device, which of course must be good enough. > > Regarding good enough, I don't believe I have ever seen a serious study > which concludes that -120dB is a problem in itself. But anyway, nowadays > audio devices can from a scientific standpoint be made better than what > humans can hear and good equipment is often just that. And good > equipment is not equal to expensive equipment in this sense.Yes & I suspect > this is where the disputes will arise. > I would never even consider buying an audio device that the manufacturer > claims is making a change and nobody has verified by conducting and > publishing measurements for, so I could study them myself. There might > or there might not be a difference that exists, is big enough to notice > and/or is beneficial. > > Borrowing it would just be a waste of time for me, unless I or someone I > know could and had the time to measure it. But I hope someone else > borrows it and measures it. :-)Sure, you have your approach to evaluating > audio equipment, others have theirs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jkeny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103842 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
