Davesrose
Headphoneus Supremus
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My assertion is that source still plays a factor, even when comparing two amps. Heck, especially when comparing two amps
To generalize, a more expensive source will bring out more details so that differences in the amps will be more apparent. If your source isn't revealing (and say even uses 128 kbps mp3s
), then there's going to be less detail for amps to be accentuating and they'll sound more alike. IMO, amps have less effect on sound difference then source does. You need a revealing source in order to evaluate an amp.
My dad is no longer an audiophile. He's converting all his CDs to 128kbps mp3s so he can listen straight through a Creative Zen.....on wireless Sennheiser headphones. With the internal amp and headphones that he has, I'm sure you can't tell a difference between 128kbps vs lossless. Why I'm a big advocate of CD, SACD, and vinyl for expensive headphones: why invest more in a headphone and amp if you're running off of a compressed source?
Originally Posted by NiceCans /img/forum/go_quote.gif So in the interest of simplicity in the comparison, can't we just leave the source out of the equation? (since it is common to both sides of the equation we can multiply both sides by 1/Source thus eliminating it completely) |
My assertion is that source still plays a factor, even when comparing two amps. Heck, especially when comparing two amps
My dad is no longer an audiophile. He's converting all his CDs to 128kbps mp3s so he can listen straight through a Creative Zen.....on wireless Sennheiser headphones. With the internal amp and headphones that he has, I'm sure you can't tell a difference between 128kbps vs lossless. Why I'm a big advocate of CD, SACD, and vinyl for expensive headphones: why invest more in a headphone and amp if you're running off of a compressed source?