Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blind tests? I don't get it...

2011-06-27 Thread RonM
drewe181;637375 Wrote: > It's also a FACT that I prefer Pink Lady apples to the others though > this does not lead to the assumption that PL apples are the best of all > the apples. Again, opinion and fact are two very different things. In > the scientific community they call these Hypothesis and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter EAC vs. CD audio... Throwing Down the Gauntlet !!!

2011-06-27 Thread Toy Maker
Oh my god what a long painful read that was over on Audiophool. I am personal friends with Bob Carver, one of the audio designers that spat in the face of the Audiophools, and made an $800 stock Carver amplifier have an identical audio signature as a set of $20,000 tube amplifiers. They gave him t

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blind tests? I don't get it...

2011-06-27 Thread Daverz
I've think you've written a sort of "Pilgrim's Progress" for audiophiles there, TheLastMan. -- Daverz Daverz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter EAC vs. CD audio... Throwing Down the Gauntlet !!!

2011-06-27 Thread ralphpnj
Wombat;638260 Wrote: > Tough writing you did there. Next is to convince Mr. Atkinson or parts > of his team for a real DBT between this unit and the Touch. Next test > will be Hires against properly downsampled... :) > I remember him argueing in a thread on Hydrogenaudio about the evils > and aud

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter EAC vs. CD audio... Throwing Down the Gauntlet !!!

2011-06-27 Thread Wombat
ralphpnj;638249 Wrote: > > http://forum.stereophile.com/content/bryston-bdp-1-digital-audio-player > > After you've read through that almost useless review check out the > comments posted on the Stereophile forum. On that forum my user name is > "jazzfan". > > http://forum.stereophile.com/cont

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter EAC vs. CD audio... Throwing Down the Gauntlet !!!

2011-06-27 Thread ralphpnj
adamdea;638174 Wrote: > Don't knock it Rodney. On a certain hifi forum (probably more than one) > there are many people who swear blind that CD players sound better as > a transport into a DAC than any digital streaming device (and get quite > shirty if you question this belief.) > We should cel

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blind tests? I don't get it...

2011-06-27 Thread TheLastMan
In the late 1980’s while in my impressionable late 20’s, I suffered from a bout of what I would define as “audio-mania”, that is a tendency to imagine I could hear things dependent on: 1. Magazine reviews 2. Hi-fi shows 3. Price 4. Objective technical tests (square waves, noise figures, distortio

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter EAC vs. CD audio... Throwing Down the Gauntlet !!!

2011-06-27 Thread adamdea
Don't knock it Rodney. On a certain hifi forum (probably more than one) there are many people who swear blind that CD players sound better as a transport into a DAC than any digital streaming device (and get quite shirty if you question this belief.) We should celebrate any posting on an audiophi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Speaker Cable - Upgrade ?

2011-06-27 Thread Daverz
Phil Leigh;637215 Wrote: > You need exact (professional)cable and connectors and tools for a true > GT connection... and even then it only delays the process. Multicore > cables are very problematic as there is no easy way to guarantee a > consistent cold weld through all cores... > > Soldering

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter EAC vs. CD audio... Throwing Down the Gauntlet !!!

2011-06-27 Thread Rodney_Gold
Wow , all that work to come to a conclusion we all knew :) -- Rodney_Gold TP/Z-sys RDP1 digital Pre/Meridian DSP5500's Or TP/DSP5500's Touch/Emotiva X-DA1 dac/bryston 4bst/Canton Ergo 120 dc SB3/Meridian DSP5000's TP/ Emotiva X-da1/Woo Audio Wa2 Headphone amp/Sehneisser Hd800's Touch/KrK Ergo/

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter EAC vs. CD audio... Throwing Down the Gauntlet !!!

2011-06-27 Thread adamdea
Toy Maker;638138 Wrote: > 1st I will list all equipment used. > > Proceed AVP Preamp > Logitech Transporter SE > Denon 2910 DVD Player > Carver Lightstar Reference Amplifier > Carver AL-III plus Speakers > JL Fathom Subwoofer F-112 > All CarverAudio cables > > Exact Audio Copy (EAC) > Acer 8930

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amps and Adjectives, your insights?

2011-06-27 Thread Daverz
I'd also like to recommend Rogue gear, but I don't know how it will handle that impedance curve. Here are the Stereophile measurements of the 100v3's impedance: [image: http://www.stereophile.com/images/archivesart/P100FIG1.jpg] (from http://www.stereophile.com/content/paradigm-reference-studio

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amps and Adjectives, your insights?

2011-06-27 Thread dsdreamer
@garym, You're the second person to suggest Parasound A21 and this seems a good suggestion. However, I don't like the idea of the P3 to go with it, as it is too noisy in my opinion. @earwaxer: ICEpower is definitely under consideration, but I would want to audition first, or ensure that there is