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In Reply to: Without addressing each point of your well-thought reply... posted by The Real Dick Hertz on March 1, 2007 at 21:08:02:
...this method is inherently incapable of resolving to or below the limits of the soundcard used.This is like the shunt test SM was big on to "prove" that his Citation 11 preamp is audibly "perfect". Let's pipe it through the monitor loop of an equally mediocre Marantz 3300 and see if we can tell the difference (using freebee cabling throughout). Nope. Ok, it's perfect!
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...can the differences be heard? I would venture to say there are sound cards available capable of better resolution than most listeners' ears.
Given that virtually every megabuck preamp I've heard has its own signature (as determined by completely bypassing it), I'd be curious as to which sound card(s) you refer to.
I also imagine that they would be able to resolve a signal as well as some of the best preamps. Yes I know it will have a sonic signature that some will say they hear. But for the purposes of Mr. Waslo's testing procedure, the Lynx should do nicely.
disagrees with your assertion about the audibility question?
I don't see it. With regards to the sound card and whatever limitations it may have, that issue seems to be critical to those who don't see Mr. Waslo's program as workable.
OK, soundcards can and do affect the sound. There!rw
And the only reason the sound card issue was even part of the discussion was because Jon Risch raised it."Or put another way, this method is inherently incapable of resolving to or below the limits of the soundcard used."
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