Archimago wrote:
I guess that's that then.
For us, yes, but probably not for the crusaders who see it as the
ultimate (and only) proof that ABX doesn't work, and will keep quoting
it.
To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity'
Julf wrote:
For us, yes, but probably not for the crusaders who see it as the
ultimate (and only) proof that ABX doesn't work, and will keep quoting
it.
Eerily similar to any pseudo-science like homoeopathy , there are
actually some flawed studies in favor of it and they get quoted all the
Mnyb wrote:
So why is that DSD *playback* or hirez *playback* needed ? prove that
point first .
Because Neil Young says so, that's why! And Neil Young is a musician and
musicians know much better than any of us mere morals what sounds best.
By the way a very similar argument can be used to
Julf wrote:
Ah, but there is the word engineer in there. We all know that
engineers don't know anything about quality and emotion - they are
narrow-minded small souls who just blindly follow numbers and rules.
Unfortunately sometimes the text medium of internet forums leaves much
to be
ralphpnj wrote:
By the way a very similar argument can be used to prove how much better
pro-audio equipment is than any consumer grade audio equipment,
including high end audio equipment, by just quoting any professional
audio engineer.
Ah, but there is the word engineer in there. We all
Boys. Just got done with the PonoPlayer write-up...
Having just completed the digital filters test, I think what Ayre is
doing with the filters is pretty funky :-).
Anyhow, some measurements and opinions...
http://archimago.blogspot.com/2015/08/measurements-ponoplayer-another-mans.html