Quote: No, you can't. You're hearing distortion from those poopy speakers. 

Quote:   This exactly. This is why at Audiocheck, they added white noise to the blind test; makes it MUCH harder to hear the high frequencies when there's a full range of other frequencies in there. 

Quote:     I don't have to 'consider' your subjective opinion. I already have. I'm well aware of it. I'm absolutely positive that you believe you can hear a difference between a 16-bit and 24-bit audio file.    However, until you prove otherwise, I'm going to remain of the...

Also, if you stopped playing the victim for ten minutes, performed a blind test, and posted the log here, you could very easily prove yourself correct, and put an end to the "flaming". Why not?

Quote:   There was a time when the majority of the population believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. Should we always accept the opinion of the majority, or should we test those opinions to determine their validity?     Your fallacy this time is an appeal to popularity.

Quote:   Do you even know what the word flame means? Pointing out flaws in your logic is not flaming.   He was pointing out that you shifted the burden of proof to us, the skeptics (which in itself was a fallacious maneuver, since you're making the claims that you can discern a...

Quote: Right, obviously lossy algorithms result in loss. You don't have to tell me that, I'm well aware. How does this relate to 24-bit vs 16-bit?    If you're trying to say that going from 24-bit to 16-bit is a loss in quality, well, we have to define what quality means in this...

Quote: I'm not sure you understood my analogy, or how digital photography works.   There is no discernible difference between a RAW image and a .png (lossless) image of the same resolution. None. The only difference is that the RAW image contains extra data (outside the visible range)...

Quote:   Photographers often shoot pictures in RAW format. This allows them more room for correction in post-production. However, photos are definitely NOT shared in RAW when uploaded to the internet. Why? Because, there are no visible differences between a RAW file and a lossless image...

Quote:   Or, maybe you're under the influence of placebo and expectation bias, and that fellow is the sensible one. I certainly don't pity him for being honest about the failures of human perception. Blind test yourself. It's fairly easy to set up an ABX test on your computer with two...

Quote:     Thanks for that. Your review seems to be the perfect balance of measurements and your personal experience; very much like the lens reviews I was using as an analogy. No fluff, no ********, no swapping cables. I wish everyone else reviewed like you, and that there were...

Quote:   I totally agree, but there still seems to be a fundamental difference when it comes to headphone reviews.   Going back to my lens analogy. Yes, lens reviews contain subjective opinion (and in fact, I think they should!) as do headphone reviews. Where the difference lies is in...

In that case, is there any sort of database of purely objective headphone measurements? Maybe a database of frequency response curves (similar to MTF charts for lenses) so that any headphone can be compared?

One of my first experiences before joining Head-Fi was the big "Battle of the Flagships" thread with the 50+ headphone reviews.    I was originally swayed by Solomon's comments, though now I'm fairly certain his review is, frankly, worthless. Keeping in mind that human perception of a...

Quote:   Got it. Thanks for your help.   If the headphone jack on the iMac and Mac Mini serve dual purpose as level line outs, why doesn't the headphone jack on the iPhone/iPod do the same? I'm fairly certain that LOD connectors are required to get a true line level from those.

Sorry, I guess I'm still a bit confused. Here's a screenshot of my sound preferences when I have a 3.5mm cable plugged into my iMac.   See how there's still a volume control on the output? To me, that means that the iMac is still amplifying the sound, rather than outputting a base line-out...

Quote:   Yes, but when you amplify that, do you set the volume output on the Mac Mini — in the operating system itself — to full volume? minimum volume? Or does it not matter?

Ah, so it appears the headphone jack on the iMac is also the line out, even when using regular 3.5mm cable (not optical mini Toslink)? From the spec page at Apple, I get this:    So, I guess my next question is, if I'm connecting to my amplifier with a regular old 3.5mm cable, do I set my...

Quote: In that case, if I were to skip buying a DAC for my setup, how would I isolate the iMac's DAC output from its internal amplifier?   My amp has RCA inputs and a 1/8" line in. If I were to connect the iMac's headphone jack directly to the line in, would the amplifier be amplifying...

Quote: I have noticed that on my iMac, when plugging in cheap earbuds (some skullcandy in-ears, they're all I have to test it until my K702 gets in) to the headphone jack, I can hear an audible white noise or hiss when the iMac is amplifying and nothing is playing. After about a minute or...

First, I'd like to say hi — this is my first post. I'm looking to make my first foray into headphones. As a college student with just a pair of Logitech Z2300 computer speakers, I'm excited for the upgrade to a headphone amp and headphones.    I've already purchased a TU-882 amp (I know, I...