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Post by nickwin on Feb 9, 2018 10:15:38 GMT -5
And yet by picking gear based on measurements you have a DAC that you may well end up not liking the sound of. Measures good (to everyone) but sounds not so good (to you). What we hear is a combination of what is measured and quite likely a lot of things that we haven't invented a measure for as yet. Looking at individual test results, such as it's has good SNR, immeasurable jitter, low distortion, low crosstalk etc. But what if we were able to add them all together, which is after all what we hear, all of it? It's quite possible that the combination of what seems like minuscule differences in the measurements add together to make an audible difference. Realistically THD at 0.0014 (Oppo) compared to 0.0010 (Teac) when combined with IMD at 0.0018 compared to 0.0015 and IMD (swept) 0.0017 compared to 0.0014 etc etc is so small a difference individually as to be inaudible. But what if added together they result in something audible? Or when added to something that can't measure end up as something audible? I did note that author moved the Sabre DAC equiped Sonica on but kept the Burr Brown DAC equiped TEAC. Happy New Year to All Gary
Out of curiosity where are you getting this? I have seen a lot of research indicating that a trained human hearing can be a very astute. Yes a microphone may be more accurate/sensitive than the human ear, but we have something the microphone doesn't, a brain. IMO where human hearing surpasses measurement devices is being able to put everything together into one holistic interpretation of the sound. Aka the big picture. I also believe that human hearing takes more into account than the standard measurement suite does. According to measurements all amps should sound the same, but many of us find that our ears tell us otherwise. Another thing to keep in mind is that gear can measure poorly and sound great. There is such a thing as euphonic distortion. At the end of the day you need to ask yourself, are you trying to maximize your subjective enjoyment or the accuracy of the system? Im glad you found a solution thats working out for you! By the way Im really jealous of your 2200  |
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Post by autobot on Apr 20, 2018 17:41:03 GMT -5
"smooth, curvy, voluptuous sound " Ever try tubes? Many have sworn off "silicon sound" and been delighted they did. |
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Post by autobot on Apr 20, 2018 17:46:40 GMT -5
"smooth, curvy, voluptuous sound " Ever try tubes? Many have sworn off "silicon sound" and been delighted they did. Absolutely! Tubes are what it takes for these magnificent amps to go nuclear. Aftwr I went moved up to a tube stereo line stage and tube phone stage its goose bumps. |
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