Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MEASUREMENTS: Using Cat5e USB Cable Extender - does it worsen jitter / audio quality?

2014-01-01 Thread darrenyeats
On one hand you don't have to accept people's impressions, especially if you think they are biased by non-aural factors. On the other hand, hobbyists don't have to accompany their impressions with scientific proof. Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk Check it, add to it! http://ww

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MEASUREMENTS: Using Cat5e USB Cable Extender - does it worsen jitter / audio quality?

2014-01-01 Thread Julf
darrenyeats wrote: > What is hi-fi? For some hi-fi is being true to the recording. For some > hi-fi is about making recordings sound like real life. These are very > overlapping but very distinct approaches and either is valid IMO. The > confusion of these two approaches is very fundamental to th

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MEASUREMENTS: Using Cat5e USB Cable Extender - does it worsen jitter / audio quality?

2014-01-01 Thread darrenyeats
As an ex-"solely objective" audiophile let me make the following observations. (1) We all hear according to our beliefs. Yes of course gross real effects can impinge on any consciousness but the psyche is quite elastic and to a large degree will hear according to world view. There is no law that