bilboda
100+ Head-Fier
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2007
- Posts
- 152
- Likes
- 78
New discoveries are made all the time. That is how science progresses. They are usually made because a condition is observed that can't be defined. Take note that the undefined condition has already been discovered but technology and insight have not not caught up yet to the point that it can be measured and quantified.
A black hole was not discovered objectively, It was a poorly defined, observed condition first. It has been defined objectively since, and that is still going thru refinement and I suspect it always will.
I am of the mind that my earlier ABX of the small sample is just too narrow to know if there is difference in the recording. What if I listened to the music like I usually do. Would I notice a difference?
I did not do ABX testing with my Uptone Regen, how could I? I did notice the difference though, not by analysis of a musical passage, but by listening to the song.
I don't think everything in audio reproduction can be measured. I don't believe it is possible.
There is a stereophile review of the Schitt Ragnarok with tests and I took away 2 things that matter here.
1)Atkinson found extremely high levels of distortion at certain points. Based on the reviewers observations of the amp's performance, he knew he had to dig deeper. Subjective led to objective.
He contacted the maker and learned that the amp was adjusting bias based on the music that was playing. A new concept. Somehow, he devised a test that would accommodate for that and got better test results.
A new testing method was developed because of the reviewer's subjective observation.
2) The maker developed his bias control by spending long nights reading data dumps of music so he could separate the music signal in the electricity from any other readings.
Perhaps a data dump comparison of flac and wav might shed some light and maybe not. I'm inclined to thing the process may not be refined enough to be certain, but then again, maybe it is.
The point being that there may still be a yet undeveloped method to measure the difference between the wav and the flac. Because you are unable to prove the difference exists does not mean you have proven the difference does not exist. All you have proven is that if a difference does exist, you are not able to prove it , objectively.
I'd say that the jury is still out on this one, until proven otherwise.
A black hole was not discovered objectively, It was a poorly defined, observed condition first. It has been defined objectively since, and that is still going thru refinement and I suspect it always will.
I am of the mind that my earlier ABX of the small sample is just too narrow to know if there is difference in the recording. What if I listened to the music like I usually do. Would I notice a difference?
I did not do ABX testing with my Uptone Regen, how could I? I did notice the difference though, not by analysis of a musical passage, but by listening to the song.
I don't think everything in audio reproduction can be measured. I don't believe it is possible.
There is a stereophile review of the Schitt Ragnarok with tests and I took away 2 things that matter here.
1)Atkinson found extremely high levels of distortion at certain points. Based on the reviewers observations of the amp's performance, he knew he had to dig deeper. Subjective led to objective.
He contacted the maker and learned that the amp was adjusting bias based on the music that was playing. A new concept. Somehow, he devised a test that would accommodate for that and got better test results.
A new testing method was developed because of the reviewer's subjective observation.
2) The maker developed his bias control by spending long nights reading data dumps of music so he could separate the music signal in the electricity from any other readings.
Perhaps a data dump comparison of flac and wav might shed some light and maybe not. I'm inclined to thing the process may not be refined enough to be certain, but then again, maybe it is.
The point being that there may still be a yet undeveloped method to measure the difference between the wav and the flac. Because you are unable to prove the difference exists does not mean you have proven the difference does not exist. All you have proven is that if a difference does exist, you are not able to prove it , objectively.
I'd say that the jury is still out on this one, until proven otherwise.