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RE: nice response

I agree with you.

It's a tough problem. If the equipment is low resolution it won't be sensitive. If the equipment is high resolution but designed with robust rejection of spurious signals then it won't be sensitive. To "maximize" sensitivity requires a combination of high resolution and low rejection.

In the real world of engineering, rejection of spurious signals is one design dimension and resolution is a different design dimension. There are always tradeoffs between design dimensions in any engineering project, even if cost is no object. Hence the "best" product for use in an environment free of EMI may be one with poor rejection but excellent resolution while the "best" product for use in an environment with lots of EMI may be one with lots of rejection but only moderate resolution. (Assuming no product can be found that is at once high resolution and high rejection.)

Of course it is conventional for those with expensive equipment to claim that differences they hear are due to "resolution" and not "lack of rejection". The reason for this has little to do with audio and a lot to do with human nature.

Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar


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