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Re: Oh no it isn`t.......

I don't believe I've ever accused someone of deluding themselves. (Well, except for extreme cases.)

I DO believe though that it is very easy for your brain to 'hear' differences in the sound that don't actually exist. This is why, when we have no objective evidence, OR even a reasonable hypothesis, I usually don't accept subjective listening tests (hell, even DBT's or BT's are questionable) as having any sort of real value.

As for comparing the sound of transports. If the transport mechanism & chipset are capable of delivering a reasonable error rate, the quality of the sound will depend almost completely on the clock & power supply. (Assuming there isn't a global clock, in which case the DAC is probably in the same case. SPDIF without a global clock should generally be avoided. If the DAC is in the same case, then the transport CAN effect the sound in other ways, by coupling noise and such through the power supply. It should be easy to check the DAC's supply with a scope to verify its quality, though.)

As for the 'I believe' statement Re: the definition of dynamic range, I said that because I believed I could have been mistaken.

Charlie

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