Quote:   The truth is ill-heard, that's why people who tell it are often accused of having bad social skills  . (For a die-hard subjectivist 'social skills' means the ability to lie politely while you eat all their bull-schiit .. )  

There are plenty of workplace and other studies on loud sound/noise and the way it DOES harm your hearing . http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2012/august/earphones-potentially-as-dangerous-as-noise-from-jet-engines-according-to-new-university-of-leicester-study   However...

Some recordings just sound awful on head-phones, likely because they were mixed to sound good on speakers ! Often, crossfeed benefits these recordings .. But some of the Metheny-albums date back to before the CD was introduced, so it could also be a bad re -mix/mastering-job . Or maybe you...

Well, since you already have foobar, check this out : http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_dop   You simply 'send' the tracks to your pod and they are automagically transcoded !

Quote: This is listening on headphones, right ? Unless the recording was Binaural OR the mix was ALSO  made to sound good on headphones .. That's just the way it is ! A good example would be Quincy Jones Michael Jackson productions .. They sound almost as good on headphones as on...

Quote: Yes, transducers DO have 'a sound-signature' ..

Quote: That IS '12' and THREE zeroes, right ?   When you switched cables, how long time did the subjects get to look at the downpayment for a nice house in silence ??

Quote: I can EASILY explain the Night-and-Day difference you are experiencing in your typing depending on the connection-type .. However, I must start by telling you that you have everything backwards !!!   PS/2 keyboards function by IRQ's (Interrupt Requests) . When you press a key...

Quote:   Since the amp is 'Transparent' .. Don't you think it's the sound-signature of the HD650's causing your 'problem' ??

I disagree .. 'Lossless' and 'Lossy' are incompatible, Irregardless of the bit-rate ..     Quote: Sorry, but my 'audio-chain' doesn't sound of anything !

Have you tried out this 'new' Parker-thingy ? http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/42520/parker-5th-technology-pen-range Gotta say : I really liked it !

analogsurviver wrote :   "Either way, both 192/24 and DSD are capable of supporting mics that go far beyond 20 kHz." Yes, but will you please share the data-sheets of those mics you used with us ?   (You DO realise that just your 'nick'  implies some bias. do you not ?? Also : There...

http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/components/pdf/em06_wm61_a_b_dne.pdf Frequency : 20-20kHz .   http://www.dpamicrophones.com/en/products.aspx?c=item&category=128&item=24035 Frequency range, ± 2 dB: Soft boost grid: 20 Hz – 20 kHz, 3 dB soft boost at 8 – 20 kHz. High boost grid: 20 Hz...

My Better Half makes a living selling these things .. I STILL can't believe my luck !   Anyway, here's a bit of our mutual pen-collection ..        

Quote: Well, on this site you can find people claiming that silver 'cables' sound 'cold' and copper 'cables' sound warm .. As long as nonsense like that is protected speech on this forum, I frankly understand why they wont believe everything they read on the internets !   You should...