darrenyeats wrote: > Arguments over blind testing, DACs etc. miss the most practical point > IMO - that the biggest problems in the playback chain are the speaker, > room and possibly amplification. >
That would seem to be based on the idea that there are no way to do relevant blind tests related to speaker, room and possibly amplification. Executive summary: wrong, wrong, and damn wrong. > > Yesterday I listened to some good electrostatic headphones, using as a > source my Windows phone playing MP3s! It sounded legitimately good! > Electrostatic transducers are very suited to headphone application, and > of course all headphones lack the problems of room acoustics. > If you have an Android phone at your disposal, you would do well to download and use this product: Neutralizer. Type that into the Android Play Store and you will at worst be in for an interesting experience. > > Modern sources are all pretty good. The question of whether there are > slight differences is a valid one, but it's less important to me; I > realise "where it's at" and that's mostly acoustics and transducers. > But you've made the blanket statement that DBTs don't apply to them and that is horrifically wrong. > > I don't deny DACs might differ slightly in sound - and I maintain it's > very difficult for us punters to determine the truth reliably - but I'm > happy to live and let live just as long as you HAVE actually got the > rest sorted out to the best level you can! I like that best you can, part. It includes several kinds of tests, some DBTs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
