Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] So they recommend Cat8 ethernet cables now!?

2016-12-09 Thread JerryS
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Remastered Music, to buy or not to buy (Dumb question)

2014-11-02 Thread JerryS
Thanks for all the replies, confirming my experience that this forum is populated with extremely helpful people. As I suspected, no definitive answers. In truth, I suspect that my 'cloth ears' are a blessing in disguise since I haven't really noticed anything that sounds obviously unpleasent in

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Remastered Music, to buy or not to buy (Dumb question)

2014-10-30 Thread JerryS
This is probably a really dumb question for such an expert forum, but let's see if you can help. After spending most of my adult life listening to classical music I became interested in Jazz after retirement. Initially I bought cds and ripped these to flac. I then discovered by abx testing that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Do all lossless file types sound the same? (MEASUREMENTS)

2013-05-29 Thread JerryS
Well, good place to leave it I think? I can't think of an easy way of demonstrating whether the two methods do or do not give identical results and I am not convinced that you have demonstrated that they theoreticaly should give the same results. Doesn't matter that much anyway, given my cloth ea

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Do all lossless file types sound the same? (MEASUREMENTS)

2013-05-29 Thread JerryS
I don't want to turn this into an argument because I just don't know enough about it. My point is that if the brain knows that A and B are different file types then it is going to be working pretty hard to detect audible differences. If it finds such differences then it is easier to discern them

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Do all lossless file types sound the same? (MEASUREMENTS)

2013-05-28 Thread JerryS
aubuti wrote: > I'd be interested to see the science behind it, because there is a > subtle difference in the methodology. But either way you're picking the > odd one out. The only difference with ABX is that the randomness is > limited to third sample (X). You're always getting either ABA or ABB

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Do all lossless file types sound the same? (MEASUREMENTS)

2013-05-28 Thread JerryS
Julf wrote: > > > Lots of references to ABX testing in this forum. Is there any > theoretical reason why this should be more robust than triangle testing? > i.e. picking the odd one out from 3 unknowns played in random order, > two are A and one is B or one is A and two are B. Somehow, this m

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Variable SQ - bad recordings or clumsy electronics?

2012-11-05 Thread JerryS
Mnyb wrote: > listen . > some music is only possible in the car :-/ I would develop problems if > heard them on my hifi *sob* The throwaway remark about car stereos interests me since I have often heard a recording that is new to me in the car, thought 'that sounds really great', bought it and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Which Squeezebox combo as a decent primary source?

2010-07-22 Thread JerryS
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