There are theories of course exist. The measurements are lacking though. The two metrics that are most problematic and have almost no correlation between measured and perceived are:
1) dynamic behavior
2) jitter
I hope to improve on #2.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
They don't publish these curves and I have not measured it, now stop insulting me.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
I hope these are good tracks. The best are tracks that have non-music, like rain, thunder, running water, ocean waves, paddling canoe etc..
Steve N.
I was missing your "logic" and your deep insights into how markets actually function.
I was hoping JonBocani was going to tell us of more of his super-surprising conclusions, but he is probably off running more ABX tests for his investors.
I'm learning all the time here how markets function, no big surprises so far, I have no deep insights into things that appear so shallow, perhaps I'm missing something due to flawed logic, it's entirely possible. Jon has started and given up on many threads, I think it's part of his impulsive nature and short attention span
I don't know for sure, there are a lot of people here with something to sell that speak in extreme and almost rude language
Ha, we've been there before, it's all repetition. 😉 Have you any idea what he means? Only thing I've come across so far is this, which appears to be marketing BS, what a surprise DAC Volume Control Option | High End Power Cables | Hifi Cables by LessLoss
Do you truly want to learn or are you just yanking chains & trolling like you have done all through this thread?
Look up DAC reference voltage - all DACs have an internal Vref & some DACs make it available externally.
Mark Levinson had a preamp based on the same concept once. It uses a dac chip for a volume control: analogue signal is applied instead of a reference voltage and the digital inputs determine the attenuation. It needed and i/v converter.
That's what I thought, but when I googled it I got the thing I linked to above, it's nothing like that then? So the output would be at a lower level, wouldn't it be better though to keep it at as high a level as possible and attenuate just before the power amp?
That is a blatant lie, but then you often change the meaning of what people say.
I actually agree very much with point 1. I know of no independent psychoacoustic or technical research into the perception of dynamics, and the technical correlations it has in a sound system. I think this is a big black box in consumer audio. Personally, I want my system to reproduce transients of at least 115 db - linearly - without starting to sweat. And I want it to happen without any overhang. More transient power would be even better, but then horns start becoming a necessity.
As for jitter, I might change my mind about it when we start getting better data 🙂
Haha, no, this is the way to change the meaning of what people say
