Posts by mcnarus

Quote:I just read a review of a dac where the guy said it was good but a little analytical, and comparing it to some older dac providing a better sound stage, and not analytical.And I can assure you that if you put a cloth over the two...

Quote:I've read otherwise about dac's NOT being the same.And I have read that the earth is flat. So the quality of your sources matters. My sources are things like college textbooks, one of which I've quoted in this forum previously to...

Quote:but which one is better the A1264 (1st gen) or the A1392 (2nd gen)If you need dual-band, the new one. Otherwise, it doesn't matter.

Quote:Aha! So everyone who thinks all modern flat measuring amps operating within there limits sound the same are also biased!No, they've just learned their science.

Quote:Is that not like saying a CD player is nothing more than a transport? Which is what was going around 10~20 years ago. Which was completely untrue. I had a cheap Sony CD player and it was terrible. When I bought a Denon multi-disc...

Quote:Much like blind testing. Valid for a given set of (listeners,equipment,accoustical environment). But no applicability whatsoever outside that reference frame.Actually, not at all like blind testing, which has nothing to do with this.

Grado SR60s.

Quote:How much RAM would you say is needed?Figure 3 CDs per gigabyte, using Apple Lossless. 24/96 files will be about 6 times as big. Quote:Also, how about processor speed?Hamsters on wheels will suffice. Quote:I'll definitely need an...

Quote:I know what a human's voice or violin sounds likeNo, you really don't, because they do not sound like just one thing. Leaving aside the differences in voices (and even violins), they also sound different depending on what space...

Quote:but recordings purporting to be of real events should sound like those events.Leaving aside the fact that this is impossible, why should we even desire it to be true? What if the people making the recording do not want it to sound...