Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Wazowski As much as I am flattered by your proposal to further investigate my hearing ability, sorry it just doesn't sound like much fun, and quite a lot of work, for that. Besides, is it really still interesting? True, at some point in this thread my...

Quote: Originally Posted by Audio-Omega So is it iPod or CDP (less than $1,000) ? I would spend up to $1,000 for a CD player but not if an iPod is better. Well, no one ever replied to that question. There seem to be a lot of experts in these forums but no one can answer such an...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Wazowski You'll get more response if you make it a new thread, appropriately titled. You can upload a couple of samples of your choosing and offer people to evaluate, asking them to make sure to specify their setup. If you want more info/variables to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Wazowski You'll get more response if you make it a new thread, appropriately titled. You can upload a couple of samples of your choosing and offer people to evaluate, asking them to make sure to specify their setup. If you want more info/variables to...

Hi! Loads of new comments since last time I checked! As regards the mp3/lossless comparison, it would be interesting if the people who think it's not possible to tell them apart uploaded some specially prepared files for the ones who claim they can to do an AB test. Try MEGAUPLOAD - The leading...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Wazowski Now I need to finally decide what to get first - the source or the amp... Although source (Marantz SA8001) first would be more cost-efficient and straightforward - no need to buy an iPod-to-RCA connector, and no need to connect and disconnect...

Also, talking about headphone amplifiers, how would be the way to connect such a device to a cd player/amplifier system, without the need to reconnect each time you want to hear through the speakers or headphones? Using the pre amp outputs in the amp?

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Wazowski Did some quick reading an enthusiastically ripped a few albums to 256 kbps AAC Interesting. Would you be kind enough to import some song you like to 256 aac and wav, and then convert them both to wav, import them into foobar2000, so that...

Quote: Originally Posted by tfarney Perhaps. But I suspect you got the results you did because The Beatles material on Love has been remastered. Pretty dramatically, from what I understand. Tim Yes, maybe. But then I could say that I prefer the Love version and that would have...

Quote: Originally Posted by nick_charles I keep an open mind and I am open to trying this myself. Agree with you. I'm open to new things too, but if they are supported by some kind of justification.

Ok. I found out about k2HD. Fair enough, it's the latest and also probably the best mastering process for standard CDs. But what? Does anyone here thing we should re-buy our cd collection each time they release a better mastering process? I don't think so. I may do it for my favourite album, but...

Quote: Originally Posted by tourmaline k2hd is the newest incarnation and uses 24/196 mastering. At the end, you'll end up with a much better sounding cd! xrcd or k2hd cd's i have compared to the same cd's are in every espect superieur to the cd. K2hd especially goes deepr then any...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Wazowski What is ABX? I honestly don't know. And also, sorry if I sound I'm giving you too much advice or something, but take it as a suggestion, why don't you consider buying a headphone amplifier instead of a sacd player first if you're on a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Wazowski What is ABX? I honestly don't know. Hi. It's basically a test to compare two sources, A and B, and tell whether X is A or B. Check wikipedia "abx test", it'll explain it better than me surely! To do this test in a computer, comparing two...

Quote: Originally Posted by xenithon One most not forgot - or rather, factor in - the systems on which testing is done between songs/formats/albums/etc. When listening via Sennheiser HD595's through an entry level headphone, you may not get very far. Listen on a Stax Omega II system or...