Quote:   Oh, I most certainly am! Best headphones I have ever owned, discovering so many tiny details on songs I thought I knew well :D   -----------------------------------   I am in the process of listening to the samples provided in this article...

Thanks for the answers so far guys, that soundonsound article seems very complete, I'll check it out! :)  

I used the guy´s program to automatically calculate my listening,level. On my Sennheiser HD 598's 50-ohm impedance and 112 dB SPL (which I assume is the sensitivity) and at half the iPod Touch's volume (level I usually listen to) I get 86 dB, which is kinda loud. But I assume it will also depend...

Hi guys, I had been a "normal" or "casual" listener most of my life, but now I have taken an interest in the "audiophile world". With that said, what are the things I should look for when trying to differentiate say, a 128 kbps MP3 file from the FLAC file it was originated from? Because...

Quote: Yeah, and more insterestingly, Moon Audio mantains contact with such a plethora of audio experts that they must cite the same guy twice! :D

Interesting, I'll calculate mine later, thanks!  

Quote:   Alright, thanks. I was thinking Sound Science but somehow wrote script xD Brain phail FTL.

Quote:   I'll try downloading a FLAC of a piano piece or something to see if I can detect that richness factor, thanks.   You think I should post an identical thread at the sound script forum or ask a mod to move this thread there instead?

Hi guys. I used to be a "normal" music listener that was not awakened to the intricacies of the music world, to the level of not knowing what MP3 bitrate meant and not caring about ripping songs from Youtube rather than getting the proper file, or knowing it actually made a difference...