In Reply to: Have you ever heard a DAC? Do you own a stereo? -t posted by Sordidman on June 13, 2012 at 08:53:10:
It certainly is a fair question, because I am looking at this as if I do not own a Dac, and I have no clue why anyone would want to. Before I try any of these many free trial offers, I want to make sure my equipment is up to snuff. Is this truly the tale of Archimedes Gold, or The Emperor's New Clothes.
As you are well aware while taking a bath, Archimedes noticed that the level of the water in the tub rose as he got in, and realized that this effect could be used to determine the amount of gold in an object. Archimedes then took to the streets naked, so excited by his discovery that he had forgotten to dress.
Whereas in the short tale by Hans Christian Andersen two weavers promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. When the Emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!"
Manufactures have conflicts of interests that may cause them to lie to themselves about what they can actually hear. If I appear skeptical when I see a naked man running, it is because I have to determine if it is indeed Archimedes, or just the Emperor.
I run my McIntosh pre-amp from the Dac in my Dads antiquated Denon surround that he left when he passed away many years ago at age 91. It plays 24 bit, 96 kHz audio. Everything sounds better going though McIntosh. Time is not on our side, as our hearing ages Archimedes, becomes the Emperor.
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Follow Ups
- Archimedes Gold - Sumflow 11:04:26 06/13/12 (19)
- That is not true - Sordidman 16:47:32 06/13/12 (17)
- RE: That is not true - Sumflow 17:29:58 06/20/12 (0)
- Blind Listening Tests - Sumflow 19:01:36 06/13/12 (15)
- Thanks for the link! I have bookmarked it. - Pat D 19:36:18 06/20/12 (0)
- if I were a loudspeaker manufacturer - DrChaos 17:41:04 06/18/12 (0)
- There IS no "need" to have blind listening tests. - carcass93 14:20:46 06/14/12 (10)
- RE: There IS no "need" to have blind listening tests. - DrChaos 17:45:58 06/18/12 (2)
- One of the reasons is that differences lie in high frequency range, which.... - carcass93 11:37:15 06/19/12 (0)
- RE: There IS no "need" to have blind listening tests. - Tony Lauck 20:19:58 06/18/12 (0)
- RE: Blind tests - Sumflow 14:40:38 06/14/12 (6)
- Pictures you use are neither funny nor relevant - but... - carcass93 14:55:06 06/14/12 (1)
- I think that he can post pictures at Hydrogen Audio too... - Sordidman 11:38:21 06/15/12 (0)
- From your level, - you wouldn't know about conflict of interest - Sordidman 14:53:14 06/14/12 (3)
- RE: Caveat emptor - Sumflow 15:09:55 06/14/12 (2)
- RE: Caveat emptor! yes with all things.......... - Sordidman 16:09:06 06/14/12 (1)
- Price .. what the market will bear. - Sumflow 23:55:09 06/20/12 (0)
- Sighted listening removes veils! - Old Listener 13:58:44 06/14/12 (0)
- more incorrect assumptions: can you stop with the pictures? - Sordidman 08:54:27 06/14/12 (0)
- RE: Archimedes Gold - soulfood 14:17:53 06/13/12 (0)