Posts by SoNic67

http://www.ti.com/europe/downloads/Choose%20the%20right%20data%20converter%20for%20your%20application.pdf This is just a few extracts, you really need to be an electrical engineer with above-average math skills (linear conformal...

The "$1 DAC" are always sigma-delta and are anything but "transparent". They have their flaws, recognized even by manufacturers. Fast-signal (music programs) behavior for them is way different than steady-state sinusoidal measurements...

Quote:Originally Posted by ThumbtackJack Put a cloth over your eyes and your ears won't be able to tell 0.09% from 0.03% THD Is this enough proof? You really can't read back what was typed?

Quote:Originally Posted by arnyk ... is a 13 year old design that according to its manufacturer's web site "Is not recommended for new product design".Please, before you believe in the mantra that old products are always worse than...

Quote:Originally Posted by arnyk The attenuators in audio gear always precede the power amplifiers. When you turn the volume down, you turn down the power level that the amplifer operates at.He was NOT talking about attenuators...

The test means only that YOU cannot tell them apart, it means nothing for HIS perception.

You can burn them in a DVD-Audio format. Your universal player can play directly those files. Free utility: http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ Actually, you can burn them even on DVD-Video format as PCM 24 bit and 96kHz SR. You would...

On the laws of physics. Linear attenuation (like lowering the volume with a blanket as suggested in the post that I replied to) does not add harmonic distortion. And no, serious AVR don't list power at clipping levels. Or distortion....

Besides the fact that lowering the volume does not change the distortion levels, your call is flawed by other aspect: if I do impair my hearing, it doesn't mean that the differences are not there anymore... What you say is similar with...

Yes, brain need to be used to recognize minute differences in sensorial inputs. It is called training... Blind people develop better hearing not by growing extra ears but by training the brain to differentiate better the stimuli. A...