Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Interconnects and Power leads. Snake Oil?

2016-11-16 Thread mlsstl
arnyk wrote: > Truth be told just about everything you do will change the sound if you > do audiophile-type listening tests - IOW don't match levels, don't time > synch the music, don't quick switch and by all means don't keep people > from knowing which of the alternatives they are listening to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-16 Thread drmatt
yawn. ;) drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106375 ___ audiophiles mailin

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Interconnects and Power leads. Snake Oil?

2016-11-16 Thread arnyk
edwardthern wrote: > This stuff is NOT snake oil at all. > > When people have good sound systems they can hear all sorts of tweaks, > and truth be told just about everything you do can change the sound. > > However if your gear is not so good nothing changes the sound. > > Keep these good twe

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-16 Thread alfista
Or sticking to media analogies. Looking at a picture in a book, closing the book, opening it again to look at the same picture. Call me sceptic, but I don't feel the need to verify that it looks the same. This is the case here, nothing the player is aware of has changed.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bought a New Dac but had a problem

2016-11-16 Thread edwardthern
Mnyb wrote: > What was the company and brand of the DAC ? Thats most interesting > > It could serve as a warning to us all , there are some known scamsters > out there and it seems that people only dona qick google if att all , to > check things out ( usually reading rose tinted testimonials on

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bought a New Dac but had a problem

2016-11-16 Thread drmatt
Well there is the Mytek that is called a "pre-amp version" but is actually a DAC too... drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.ph

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bought a New Dac but had a problem

2016-11-16 Thread Julf
I just can't resist... Did you listen to it to make sure it wasn't a DAC that happened to look like a preamp? :) "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

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-16 Thread Julf
edwardthern wrote: > No not the same as putting too much salt on food, because I know what > thats like. Its more like putting a spice on some food that you never > tasted and commenting on how it tastes. OK, bad analogy. A better one would be seeing someone shining a flashlight at the food.Do I