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sploo
Full Audioholic
Absolutely correct - but only because I'd forgotten to bring several thousand [insert your currency here] of audio test equipmentmtrycrafts said:
Well, all we know for sure is that you perceived something different, not that you heard a difference. Yes, there is a difference between perception and hearing. I perceive people calling me all the time to be told no, they didn't call me![]()
So, because of uncontrolled biase, uncontrolled level differences at comparison, who knows what really happened in reality.
At the end of the day we (I guess it's 'we', not just me) buy audio equipment because we want to enjoy what it is we're hearing. Science may tell us that 'A' has some better characteristic than 'B', but it's what we perceive that dictates our purchasing decisions, and, hopefully, listening enjoyment.
Back to the original topic of the thread...
From doing a little reading over the last few days, I can now believe that the differences between pieces of different digital equipment are actually slight - and that a particular sound we like is the result of deliberate adjustment by a manufacturer. For instance, I was looking at the following:
http://audionotekits.espyderweb.net/dac.htm
...and specifically the schematic:
http://audionotekits.espyderweb.net/dacschem.jpg
I work with a number of electronics engineers (my background is software, and I have minimal electronics knowledge). My colleagues didn't think this DAC was anything out of the ordinary, but noted the use of tubes on the analogue side.
Would I therefore be right in assuming this is one of those things that companies do in order to obtain a 'certain sound' from their kit?