Wait, components sound different? I coulda sworn we decided it was all confirmation bias?
Why do components sound different?
I have always wondered why there is so much discussion about how a pre-amp, amp, DAC, streamer sound.
To me, they should not have any sound! They are merely passing the signal thru to the next device until they get to your ears from your headphones or speakers.
The perfect component would have a linear frequency response, no distortion ( no harmonics which are overtones of the original signal) and introduce no other frequencies.
Anything else is just hard to measure and can only be described in words like "warm", "soundstage", "harsh", "lifelike".
Thoughts?
To me, they should not have any sound! They are merely passing the signal thru to the next device until they get to your ears from your headphones or speakers.
The perfect component would have a linear frequency response, no distortion ( no harmonics which are overtones of the original signal) and introduce no other frequencies.
Anything else is just hard to measure and can only be described in words like "warm", "soundstage", "harsh", "lifelike".
Thoughts?
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To me, they should not have any sound! They are merely passing the signal thru to the next device until they get to your ears from your headphones or speakers. Man this is the strangest thing. I could almost swear I heard this before somewhere. But, where? The System is also built around the philosophy that the ideal component does nothing. The perfect component does not sound a certain way. It does not impart, it does not detract. It is not there at all. Wait- what?!?! https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 |