Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] ** High Bit-Rate MP3 Test Up! **

2012-12-21 Thread Stratmangler
Get one of these and you don't need a DAC with a USB connection. They also do a version with a BNC connector. [image: http://audiooasis.com/storage/HifaceTwo1.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1340222584156] Stratmangler's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] ** High Bit-Rate MP3 Test Up! **

2012-12-21 Thread aubuti
Stratmangler wrote: Get one of these and you don't need a DAC with a USB connection. They also do a version with a BNC connector. Good idea. Then I would only need a new amp/pre with a SPDIF or BNC connector I'm just trying to do a good ABX on my existing system here.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] This is why I call them clowns

2012-12-21 Thread darrenyeats
I think the facts are with the majority's side. My experience of blind listening was educational and humbling! However, there is a bit of glibness going on I feel because I wager none of us listened blind when choosing our loudspeakers. Now, the traditional excuse is that the differences between

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] This is why I call them clowns

2012-12-21 Thread ralphpnj
RonM wrote: Well, duh! r. +1 Duh! darrenyeats wrote: I think the facts are with the majority's side. My experience of blind listening was educational and humbling! However, there is a bit of glibness going on I feel because I wager none of us listened blind when choosing our

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] This is why I call them clowns

2012-12-21 Thread mlsstl
darrenyeats wrote: I think the facts are with the majority's side. My experience of blind listening was educational and humbling! However, there is a bit of glibness going on I feel because I wager none of us listened blind when choosing our loudspeakers Be careful not to cut down the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] This is why I call them clowns

2012-12-21 Thread ralphpnj
mlsstl wrote: Your post is a good example of conflating two separate issues. 1. No one ever needs to justify their personal preference when choosing a stereo component for their own use (or for that matter, declaring they like one vegetable more than another). Even if they sound the same

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Has anyone found a 24/192 track they thought was worth it?

2012-12-21 Thread Archimago
Lately I've been exploring the world of 24/192 music. So far I must say that I have yet to encounter a 24/192 track where there looked like there was any musical content 50kHz! I know of course one cannot hear up in those registers, but I'm not even seeing anything that looks musical at all...