[icebear]

  if I ask a friend to register an account on headfi with the nickname "science", would that get currawong to ban bookman and delete his messages for pissing all over science repeatedly? 
 
just trying to find a better use for the PC police. it's the only reason why agent smith materializes in sound science nowadays.

Come on now, hearing other than frequency and hearing with your hair, that is great stuff !
Be open to new aspects of science, it doesn't always have to be sound

 

[CanadianMaestro]

x 100
 
As a neurophysiologist, I just can't get enough entertainment here.
Who needs Netflix?

 

[castleofargh]

  Come on now, hearing other than frequency and hearing with your hair, that is great stuff !
Be open to new aspects of science, it doesn't always have to be sound

as many would suspect, my hatred is nothing more than disguised jealousy. I wish I could hear the dither ruining soundstage, all the added details of 24/96, and last but certainly not least, I'm hair challenged ^_^.  my avatar could be a picture on my passport
 
if only I could too, be a superhuman(in my head).

 

[CanadianMaestro]

Getting back to the OP topic......
 
For me, the best porty player I still use is an iPod Classic 160GB (7G) and a 5.5G (80GB). They sound better than my Fiio X3. Driving IEMs.
 
cheers

 

[StanD]

 

x 100
 
As a neurophysiologist, I just can't get enough entertainment here.
Who needs Netflix?

I heard that Netflix is going to produce their own series about Audiophiles with mental issues. The first/pilot episode will be, "I can hear with my hair."

 

[CanadianMaestro]

  I heard that Netflix is going to produce their own series about Audiophiles with mental issues. The first/pilot episode will be, "I can hear with my hair."

 
Mind-transport me a copy of the episode when it comes out....

 

[StanD]

   
Mind-transport me a copy of the episode when it comes out....

What format do you want it in? Vulcan?

 

[CanadianMaestro]

absolutely. then beam me over.
 
 

 

[StanD]

  absolutely. then beam me over.
 
 
 

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

 

You do NFC?

 

[CanadianMaestro]

  You do NFC?

No. Use an iPhone-4, which is not geared for NFC. Plus, I'm a bit OCD.

 

[JK1]

Most people failed this audio test.
 
http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/09/412271433/audio-quality-quiz-results-you-did-slightly-better-than-guessing-randomly

 

[7keys]

  Most people failed this audio test.
 
http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/09/412271433/audio-quality-quiz-results-you-did-slightly-better-than-guessing-randomly

 I got 3 out of 6 but didn't once pick a 128kbp mp3. 

 

[Don Hills]

... You can tell the difference between a guitar, a piano, a violin, and a synthesizer playing the same note right?  Even if you cut off the beginning and end of the note (where lots of the clues are) most of us can still tell.
 
Why is that?  It's the same frequency.  I think you know. It's called timbre and there's no measuring it. There's no formula and it doesn't easily show itself on a waveform. 

 
 
The timbre is the sum of the fundamental note and its generated harmonics, taking into account their relative amplitudes and phase relationships. These can definitely be measured. The proof is that the results can be used in a synthesizer to generate notes uncannily like those of the real instruments.

 

[JK1]

   I got 3 out of 6 but didn't once pick a 128kbp mp3. 

That is exactly the point. The vast majority of people can't tell the difference between 320 kbps mp3 files and higher resolution formats. That is why I don't understand why some insist on putting  high resolution files on a portable player.

 

[Ruben123]

That is exactly the point. The vast majority of people can't tell the difference between 320 kbps mp3 files and higher resolution formats. That is why I don't understand why some insist on putting  high resolution files on a portable player.

320<44000<192000