I'm loving this conversation. Phil clearly knows what he's talking about to a greater degree than any jitter-audibility-skeptic I've ever encountered. Personally, I am quite sure that differences can be heard between transports (even bit perfect ones, I believe), but am less sure that the kind of jitter that might be present in a low end bit-perfect transport vs a high end reclocker is. The thing is, I plan to find out.
Phil is absolutely correct that the burden of proof is on the audiophile, and that a double blind study is the only practical way to prove the audibility of jitter. I intend to do this in the near future with some skeptical friends. Unfortunately, everyone that isnt present at the test will have to take or leave my reported findings. It would be neat to have a large funded study that more people might believe, though to my mind, the funding of such a study makes it even more untrustworthy:) After all, who would fund the study but those standing to make or lose money on the results? Too bad we dont have some sort of science-oriented society in which truth is the only commodity! ;) ~Michael > And the same is true with the subjective audio phenomena we're > discussing. For if I can show with a blind study that you can't even > reliably tell the difference between A&B, then you cannot rationally > argue that you prefer A over B. > > --Phil _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
