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I agree with your take on binaural. I've listened to lots of the Chesky stuff and generally don't find the imaging any more convincing than any number of well-recorded "mundane" productions. Ftmp, the binaural stuff just sounds like oddly balanced, often too quiet recordings...

I'm not really trying to convince anyone that my assumptions are valid. I'm looking around at the evidence I can find, knowing my use case situation, and making a decision about what I want to do. The fact that it might be possible to manufacture some edge case scenario where I might be able...

is this an issue you've actually had to deal with? I use Bluetooth all the time at home, and my place is crawling with wireless devices. I've never had a connection issue of any sort really...

sorry, the science I'm referring to is simply that it's apparent to me based on the tests I've taken myself and the results of tests I've seen online that it's almost impossible to tell the difference between high br lossy and lossless. I'm extrapolating from that and making a bit of an...

Is anyone arguing the science at this point? I don't know what the issue is here. It's been established already that there are imperfections around Bluetooth. Whether one can live with those or not is up to individuals to determine. Obviously, any wireless technology is going to be subject...

lol, 200 hours of burn in for a DAP. oh boy...

Yeah, that's all true. My answer to the original question posed in the title of this thread would be "scientifically-speaking, no aptx is not perfect for 320kb mp3. But it's highly unlikely you (or almost anyone else) would hear the imperfections under the conditions most of us listen to music."

Meh, for me it's all sort of a moot point as standard Bluetooth (SBC) is essentially operating at 320kbps and since nearly nobody can reliably tell the difference between 320kb mp3 and lossless even under controlled test conditions I don't even think the "improved" Bluetooth protocols are...

I've lost track. Has this now turned into a debate over whether or not files degrade (to an audible degree) over multiple compression iterations? Because that isn't what the thread was originally about...

Totally agree. Bluetooth sounds perfectly fine for pretty much any portable use. I have one of these things... it looks ridiculous. But it sounds remarkably good...put it in a corner on a wooden table and it will fill a room commendably. Combined with my little Fiio dap its a great...

Plus at least 2 pieces of the same type of gear that you want to compare. I do have a few dacs around my place but none of them are more than $100 and I don't think any of them sound notably different really. I'd be more interested ni comparisons between a $100 and a $1000 one but I'm not...

If burn-in was an actual thing, there should be lots of people complaining about how they loved the sound of their new phones when they first got them but now after a month of use they sound crummy. Why would a change in tonal characteristics ALWAYS be for the better? I like how burn-in is...

yup agreed. i just haven"t got the resources to do the tests. I don't have access to measuring equipment, nor a variety of different gear to conduct tests on. I also don't have any accomplices to help with flicking switches and so forth. I have done limited tests that give me some insight...

Yep, which is why I don't pay much attention at all to claims made by individuals on forums like this. Anyone can say they've done a legit blind comparison test and conclusively proven to themselves that they heard a real difference between a budget DAC and an expensive one (for instance). I...