Flextreme: Thanks for providing the details of your comparisons.
My impression (from comparing different speaker orientations, admittedly a very different condition from your A/B trials) is that listening to a variety of musical samples over extended periods of time is essential for subjective differences to be perceived, regardless of the judgment of whether such differences may be improvements or not. When I used short (5 minute) samples of the same music, I could not discern differences unless they were really gross. My *-very subjective-* impression of soundcheck's mods *-in my system-* (see below) is that the improvements (with FLAC decoded to PCM on the server, in/outputs defeated, except digital, and screen off, but no WLAN defeated) are not at all subtle when one listens over time to a variety of recordings of various music genres. One of the parameters that is most apparent is in the clarity of vocals, whereas previously obscure words become understandable. A similar effect is noticeable among different instruments in complex musical passages. Another effect is that differences among recordings become more apparent. The overall effect is greater 'musicality,' by which I mean what I hear is closer to hearing a live, rather than a recorded, performance -- though, of course, one is still aware one is listening to a recording, not to the real thing! Again, these are *-subjective-* impressions, and by no means do they suggest that your comparisons or Phil Leighs's attempts at measurements are not valid. Guido F. -- guidof *Front End*: Marantz TT 15S1 Turntable, Virtuoso Wood Cartridge; Cambridge Azur 840C CD Player; Oppo BDP--83 Universal Player; Squeezebox Touch Music File Player (digital out to Cambridge Azur 840C DAC) *Preamps*: Conrad Johnson Motif (Phono); Adcom GFP-750 (Line) *Amps*: Music Reference RM-200 Mk II (Main); Little Tube Mk III (Phones) *Subwoofer Equalizer*: DSpeaker Antimode 8033 *Speakers*: Martin Logan SL3s; REL T1 Subwoofer *Headphones*: AKG K701 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ guidof's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40448 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
