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

2014-07-10 Thread lrossouw
netchord wrote: it may not be well calibrated, but it is well-educated. frankly, it seems your biases are much more thoroughly ingrained, ie, the bias that no such change could possibly affect the sound. in the words of bob stuart: everything matters. I and some others here have a bias

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

2014-07-10 Thread Julf
get.amped wrote: Everything Matters should have a (TM) after it. Soft of like Best Buy(TM) to indicate a slogan that is patently not true but may be useful in marketing. More than just may. It is a great tool for marketing that speaks to the OCD side in us. If everything matters, your system

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

2014-07-10 Thread netchord
lrossouw wrote: I and some others here have a bias for the evidence based approach... Which, in all honesty, is not a bad bias to have. You posted that removing itunes integration improved sound quality. I am saying I don't think so. something you cannot possibly say w/ any

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

2014-07-10 Thread Mnyb
netchord wrote: something you cannot possibly say w/ any certainty since you have not heard my system either before or after the config change, and with my ears, and my own mental processing. all you can say is that some theoretical system, with a theoretical listener, might sound the

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

2014-07-10 Thread garym
netchord wrote: something you cannot possibly say w/ any certainty since you have not heard my system either before or after the config change, and with my ears, and my own mental processing. all you can say is that some theoretical system, with a theoretical listener, might sound the

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

2014-07-10 Thread Julf
netchord wrote: something you cannot possibly say w/ any certainty since you have not heard my system either before or after the config change, and with my ears, and my own mental processing. all you can say is that some theoretical system, with a theoretical listener, might sound the

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

2014-07-10 Thread Wombat
Julf wrote: ...coasters made out of titanium and slices of orca penis under the crates of LP's you have in the attic... These must sound good! I need some! Transporter (modded) - RG142 - Avantgarde Acoustic based 500VA monoblocks - Sommer SPK240 - self-made speakers

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

2014-07-10 Thread netchord
Julf wrote: True. We can not say that the subjectively perceived sound quality hasn't improved. All we can say is that the music being sent to your DAC hasn't changed. you may be able to say the -files- have not changed. the music definitely has. -- 4 TB Drobo--FW 800--mac mini--Ethernet

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

2014-07-10 Thread Mnyb
Just try the player buffer if you just remove the cable while playing you have 30 second off music in the player and now you hear it without any server at all ;) Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621

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

2014-07-10 Thread Julf
netchord wrote: you may be able to say the -files- have not changed. If the files haven't changed, the music being sent to your DAC hasn't changed, unless aliens are using their transmogrification beam. the music definitely has. You don't know that. To try to judge the real from the