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<blockquote data-quote="thylantyr" data-source="post: 2304675" data-attributes="member: 560358">It&#039;s also nice to learn the truth about audio in spite that you may havepersonal preferences. I have preferences - just&nbsp; because - , but I knowthe audible effects, if any for each case. It&#039;s nice to educate yourself to knowthe issues.I&#039;ve done D/A to ADC tests where I sabotaged the signal path bydoing extra extra converstions vs. digital pathway up to the audio amp.Result: nobody can tell the difference. Not only is the signal path much longer,the signal is being &#039;hacked&#039; to bits {pun} many times over. lolThis is funny because many people in the audio world insist they needexternal &#039;special&#039; DAC&#039;s, they insist that only 1 conversion is done, butI know these people would fail a blind test because nobody has earsas good as test equipment.An interesting blind test would be MP3 vs. uncompressed audio.At what bit rate do people start to hear a difference? They will fail atsome compression rate. If compressed music is not audible, then whywould a pure signal taking a long path be audible ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thylantyr, post: 2304675, member: 560358"] It's also nice to learn the truth about audio in spite that you may have personal preferences. I have preferences - just because - , but I know the audible effects, if any for each case. It's nice to educate yourself to know the issues. I've done D/A to ADC tests where I sabotaged the signal path by doing extra extra converstions vs. digital pathway up to the audio amp. Result: nobody can tell the difference. Not only is the signal path much longer, the signal is being 'hacked' to bits {pun} many times over. lol This is funny because many people in the audio world insist they need external 'special' DAC's, they insist that only 1 conversion is done, but I know these people would fail a blind test because nobody has ears as good as test equipment. An interesting blind test would be MP3 vs. uncompressed audio. At what bit rate do people start to hear a difference? They will fail at some compression rate. If compressed music is not audible, then why would a pure signal taking a long path be audible ? [/QUOTE]

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