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| Are high sample rates making your music sound worse? @tatyana69 I highly doubt it has the exact same measurements, meaning a full suite, not just frequency reponse and wattage. Even a high end brand like Mark Levinson cannot make the exact same amp, they all have minuscule deviations. I listen, an... | |
| Are DAC's overpriced? Samsung bought Harman, for $8,000,000,000. | |
| Have speakers need new electronics Steve gave an excellent recommendation, the PS Audio gear gets rave reviews (and measures well too). | |
| Are DAC's overpriced? @yyzsantabarbara You sold your $5000 Benchmark gear because it sounded worse than a $12,000 integrated? Mark Levinson is owned by Harman, who also believes in designing gear based science/specs/human trails. Revel is also owned by them. | |
| Are high sample rates making your music sound worse? @geoffkait Not sure if you were joking, but to cover bases: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bewaring-of-the-green/ | |
| Are high sample rates making your music sound worse? @cleeds Well, I said that if you load up the high-rez digital file and subtracted the differences between a 16/44.1, you’ll see the differences. You replied that I think listening doesn’t matter. As I’ve said, what you hear is the most important,... | |
| Are high sample rates making your music sound worse? @goofyfoot Just saying your findings differ from most human trials I’ve seen. | |
| Are high sample rates making your music sound worse? @goofyfoot Telling them anything about what the files are, and the fact that you know which file is being played invalidates any findings from a scientific point. If another person did the same and the people said it was no different, what then?... | |
| Are high sample rates making your music sound worse? @cleeds So now you are saying even if the bits are the same it sounds different? I have listened, didn’t hear a difference. Whose correct, me or you? Why? Because your ears are better or your system is better? | |
| Are high sample rates making your music sound worse? @goofyfoot To put it blunty, yes. Everything I found shoes that if people don’t know, they don’t even get up to 70% accuracy (picking CD or better over 320Kbps MP3), it’s usually 40%-60%. 320Kbps was chosen for a reason, as that’s what they f... | |
| Border Patrol Dac If you have a chance, try and see if you can demo (or buy and return for free/cheap if possible) the Benchmark DAC3 L (loses the headphone jack of the regular DAC3), the Chord Qutest, and the RME ADI-2 DAC. Both measure better and have reviews bei... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @geoffkait They scored better than the musicians though... Any song offered in DSD likely has better mastering, so that’s a factor. I also believe that DXD (format used to make DSD) is just a high-rez PCM anyway, and then it’s converted to DSD o... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @thyname I’ve bought stuff on Audiogon, but they were local so I paid them in cash when I met them. None of those people in the study who were musicians/sound engineers could either. So, if they couldn’t on >$20,000 worth of gear in a near pe... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @thyname I don’t have $10,000 pieces of gear, but yes, wether it be speakers or headphones. If you can find a study that shows >70% confidence, I’d love to see it. Here’s one where people could download the files and play them on their own ... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @thyname The PowerPoint version is down, but the AES paper is available. Room: Critical Listening Laboratory of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology Speakers: B&W 802D ($12,000) Amp: Classé CA-5200 ($8000... |