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[sonitus mirus]

  Yes! This is correct! Yes, you can really get lost in it. Sometime after your 4th the music can make you giggle.
 
Every now and again I try Scotch-usually after hearing how much better it makes the music sound. I've tried it a few times-after 3 shots I found the music really opening up and the VEIL was not only LIFTED-but moved to another city! Unfortunately, after 3 shots-my quality of life declined the next day-and my music sounded really BAD (as did most sounds).  So I'm back to looking for other Magical Solutions. Hmmmm, WA QUANTUM post-its? Calibrated crystals? Scotch is OUT.

 
Scotch, and most whiskeys, tend to make the sound brighter.  This is where the brand Scotch-Brite got its origins.  A good tequila makes the DAC sound warmer.  Any schnapps is right out; don't even bother, especially if you have higher quality gear.

 

[RRod]

   
Scotch, and most whiskeys, tend to make the sound brighter.  This is where the brand Scotch-Brite got its origins.  A good tequila makes the DAC sound warmer.  Any schnapps is right out; don't even bother, especially if you have higher quality gear.

 
Good tequila especially affects the timbre of brass and strings.

 

[uchihaitachi]

I find that alcoholic beverages tend to make everything dimmer and quieter. Until everything turns black.
 
Maybe that's cos I am asian and can't handle my liquor. Oh well...

 

[headdict]

   
Scotch, and most whiskeys, tend to make the sound brighter.  This is where the brand Scotch-Brite got its origins.  A good tequila makes the DAC sound warmer.  Any schnapps is right out; don't even bother, especially if you have higher quality gear.

Giving your DAC too much tequila will introduce jitter. Likewise most amps can't handle whiskey without channel imbalance. Schnapps on the other hand can speed up the burn-in process of power cables dramatically. If your experiences differ, chances are your schnapps was not audiophile grade. If you accidentally apply high-proof alcohol to yourself instead of to your equipment, the sound stage can get very slippery.

 

[Thad-E-Ginathom]

 
Giving your DAC too much tequila will introduce jitter. .. ... ...
 

 
 
But the worst thing of all is water. Especially if you pour it in while the thing is turned on. The DAC is unlikely to survive --- and, if it has a mains power supply, you might not either.

 

[Exacoustatowner]

 
Giving your DAC too much tequila will introduce jitter. Likewise most amps can't handle whiskey without channel imbalance. Schnapps on the other hand can speed up the burn-in process of power cables dramatically. If your experiences differ, chances are your schnapps was not audiophile grade. If you accidentally apply high-proof alcohol to yourself instead of to your equipment, the sound stage can get very slippery.

Proper use if Schnapps really makes the new house wiring "open up!" Even my refrigerator sounds better. I find pre treating the bottle with Quantum Chips or Brilliant Pebbles really helps speed up the effect of house wiring "burn in.". Just make sure your AC only flows ONE WAY (chuckle).

 

[Thad-E-Ginathom]

After reading so much about it, and hearing so many opinions where it was a major factor, for so very long, I had decided to give jitter the benefit of the doubt.
 
Whenever I hear/read somebody say they can hear it, I am going to doubt it very much.
 

 

[Exacoustatowner]

  After reading so much about it, and hearing so many opinions where it was a major factor, for so very long, I had decided to give jitter the benefit of the doubt.
 
Whenever I hear/read somebody say they can hear it, I am going to doubt it very much.
 

 After running into things on other forums touting the absolute magical transformations made by things that I already knew had little if anything to do with sound (such as Power cords), I started taking ALL claims as dubious.

 

[jcx]

pure, degassed water actually isn't very conductive - it has been used in high energy capacitors as a dielectric
 
the stuff coming out the tap however...
 
( I recall a local public water supply statement that the sodium content from our taps really wasn't that high - compared to milk)

 

[headdict]

  After reading so much about it, and hearing so many opinions where it was a major factor, for so very long, I had decided to give jitter the benefit of the doubt.
 
Whenever I hear/read somebody say they can hear it, I am going to doubt it very much.
 

 

I can't hear any jitter. Just pure PRaT.

 

 

[castleofargh]

I don't have time for those pratical jokes.

 

[Thad-E-Ginathom]

... ... ... I started taking ALL claims as dubious.

 
What's that you say? You can hear music from those funny boxes?
 
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ....

 

[Thad-E-Ginathom]

  Whenever I hear/read somebody say they can hear it, I am going to doubt it very much.
 
 

 
 
Exception: unless they are a digital signals engineer.

 

[SergeSE]

The new audio metrics based on Difference level parameter (Df, dB) is ready for practical use. Measurements for the first 10 portable players are here - http://soundexpert.org/portable-players. DF-slides are self-explanatory; top ones represent devices supposed to have better perceived quality (more transparent).
 
Ready for your questions,
Serge.

 

[arnyk]

  The new audio metrics based on Difference level parameter (Df, dB) is ready for practical use. Measurements for the first 10 portable players are here - http://soundexpert.org/portable-players. DF-slides are self-explanatory; top ones represent devices supposed to have better perceived quality (more transparent).
 
Ready for your questions,
Serge.

 
Difference testing is meaningless since the audibility of measured differences varies from inaudible to clearly audible.
 
In these tests it appears that the difference is being calculated between an original 24/96 recording of a bunch of signals as compared to a 24/96 recording of a 16/44 downsampled representation  of it.
 
There appear to be  differences due to the 16/44 downsampling that are mixed in with the differences due the operation of the player.