You are reliably consistent. Do others have an opinion here? kn

Thanks. I should have narrowed your options to consider appreciably by saying something like “holding all elements constant such as the recording, source media (vinyl, digital, PCM, DSD, etc., resolution) room, listener, listening position and volume (essentially holding all parameters constant...

If soundstage as it is engineered into a recording and our perception of it is a function of how accurately a musical recording is reproduced by the transducers, then wouldn’t it follow that any distortion imparted by some element(s) of reproduction would effect how we experience or perceive...

Are you referring to the examinations of human character, intelligence, and other potential personal attributes, or discussions of gear and gear performance that weren’t immediately connected to perception of soundstage, or both? kn

Thanks gregorio, you’ve given me a lot to think about. I will consider your comments carefully along with those from others here. And I can see how my posts here can come off as trolling. That was not my intention. Again, I appreciate your taking the time to respond in detail, you sound like...

A question for you? Is it possible to hold two potentially opposing concepts in your head at the same time - those being that the results of well designed ABX/DBT tests show no statistical difference between components A and B in group settings are real and valid, and that individuals can...

“ In the case of my implementation with the Node, the data is not being sent to the external DAC from the Node asynchronously via USB. It is being sent to the DAC via coax cable synchronously, so the timing information is processed at the Node, and sent to my DAC via coax - USB is not used to...

“AI” could be considered a compliment based on the name, or a cut based on the current performance level of the tool. I am guessing it’s a cut in this context, but I assure you I am generally hallucination-free:-)

No.

I took on this name on audio forums years ago because I look at the hobby as a constant learning process. I definitely know more than I did 20 years ago. I also know how much more I don’t know now than I did then. On this forum I am in the uncomfortable position to be questioning people with...

At serious risk of being accused of beating a dead concept, I would like a little more clarification. Is the Bluesound Node being supplied data on a USB bus and serving a signal out via coax a “USB device”? I think of a USB drive as a “USB device”. I think of the Bluesound Node streamer as a...

Establishing permanence and repeatability is a mechanism to control for, or at least provide statistical significance in the face of bias and random outcomes. Or perhaps I am missing something here. Are you suggesting that the bias is permanent and the suggested effects are not? Please say...

Yes. kn

This is interesting and informative but does not really explore at what point an overtaxed switching power supply could produce noise/errors that are non-fatal (I.E., resulting in complete loss of signal) but nevertheless audible. What if the jitter produced in the Node under these conditions...

I appreciate you taking the time to provide your input. My answer to this set of questions is through all of my experience on audio forums, I have been told bits are bits, just 1s and 0s, and on and on like that. Furthermore, while I have been using computers since the era of punch cards, I...