DMinor
Formerly lostid
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If people say they can hear a difference, that's a bit of data. Fair enough. Maybe there is a difference there for some reason. All we have is that some people say they can hear a difference. The cause of this is unknown, so maybe best to just leave it at that.
However, it rankles a bit when people dismiss 'theory'. People have confidently ascribed the alleged difference to 'jitter', so that's a theoretical claim right from the off, and its perfectly reasonable to point out it's a theory that doesn't seem to make sense and raises more questions than it answers. If people don't like theory they shouldn't make theoretical claims in the first place!
Edit - also it reminds me that I'd be able to compare SSD and SD back-to-back myself, if some ratbag hadn't stolen my SSD ipod, so the topic is a sensitive one for that reason alone!
That's what I did after my ears detected the sound difference and I have never looked back. With that confirmation I am done with the SD's for good.
Now I don't know anything about audio theory, but when it comes to the sound to be judged by my ears I simply throw "theory" into toilet. I have done quite a bit of DIY's and certainly heard with my ears how audio could respond to the stuff you throw in there. I have never attempted to find any theory to justify why this why that, to me it's waste of time and useless.