Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread Julf
netchord wrote: > what was the expectation, or perception bias in this instance? I guess primarily the expectation that your sensory system is a well-calibrated, precise and consistent measurement system. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art o

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread Julf
darrenyeats wrote: > Disabled just for you! Appreciated! :) "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread darrenyeats
Julf wrote: > > 'How to remove tapatalk signatures' > (http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=230937) Disabled just for you! Check it, add to it! http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-760650

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread netchord
Julf wrote: > Your words, not mine. I prefer to talk about expectation bias, > perception bias and other well-documented phenomena instead of using > emotionally loaded terms. Some people seem to assume that the human > sensory system is a well-calibrated, precise and consistent measurement > sys

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread Julf
darrenyeats wrote: > That the hearer really hears the difference is undeniable ... the only > question is why. Indeed. > The problem is ubiquitous but it causes most havoc when judging > potential differences that are subtle. Yes. Much easier when it is clear that there is no rational physical

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread darrenyeats
Strictly speaking you can't imagine you hear something. That the hearer hears the difference is undeniable ... the only question is why. Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk Check it, add to it! http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread get.amped
"People are squishy" might sum it up well. Win7Pro(x64)[3.3Ghz i5, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD system, 15TB storage], LMS 7.9.0 -> Logitech Squeezebox Classic V.3 -> Cambridge Audio DacMagic -> NAD C160 -> 2 x NAD C272 -> Quad 22L2

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread Julf
netchord wrote: > "you're imagining it" Your words, not mine. I prefer to talk about expectation bias, perception bias and other well-documented phenomena instead of using emotionally loaded terms. Some people seem to assume that the human sensory system is a well-calibrated, precise and consist

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread netchord
Julf wrote: > Occam's razor. One explanation stipulates mechanisms beyond current > scientific and engineering knowledge, the other doesn't. "you're imagining it" is your "scientific, engineering based" explanation? -- 4 TB Drobo-->FW 800-->mac mini-->Ethernet Transporter--> Wireworld Eclipse

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread get.amped
Perhaps the "power" event could have had some effect. Going from dirty, consistently sub-optimal voltage power to clean(er), proper voltage power could conceivably have an affect on the devices reproducing the music, mostly in the form of lower current draw. But it's a stretch and does not necessa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread Julf
probedb wrote: > Next you'll be telling us you renamed the files and moved them to > another drive and the change in sound was night and day. This is the "audiophile" subforum after all... :) "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidel

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better SQ w/o iTunes integration

2014-07-08 Thread probedb
netchord wrote: > i'm really hearing it; just don't have an explanation for it. to be > sure, i don't really need an explanation, but it is interesting. sorry couldn't stop laughingyou are playing the same files, they are on the same disc, iTunes integration, I assume, just means it's u