>"heh, these macfags sure are mindless consumerist droids"
>proceeds to buy a USB dac
Sad! Many such cases
"heh, these macfags sure are mindless consumerist droids"
Matthew Jones
Charles Lopez
Got em
Bentley Jones
whats wrong with using a USB DAC
they make good speakers even better
Evan Nelson
>speakers
Aaron Ortiz
i recently bnought a smsl su-8, the difference with the roland duo ex is incredible, mostly when playiing 96/88.2 khz 24bit files (no vinyl rip crap)
Isaac Lee
macfags can use usb dacs too
Nolan Kelly
>>proceeds to buy a USB dac
I know it sounds as a very weird purchase when not accompanied with the appropriate apple certified usb-to-thunderbolt adapter.
Ian Rogers
My usb dac got rid of the buzz my mobos on board sound created.
Lucas Morales
Ποιει α kρινεις ειναι kαλα, kᾳν ποιων μελλης αδοξησειν· φαυλος γαρ kριτης kαλου πραγματος οχλος. Demophilus.
Jacob Martinez
pouring out jitter free xmas music for my gf
Michael Garcia
yeah
wake me up when PCI expansion cards become a thing again (for anything that isn't a video, network, or hard drive controller card)
Alexander White
should I buy a NFB11.28 for my he400i?
Alexander Murphy
Fiio?
Adam Cox
>24bit for playback
You fell for the audiphool meme
Hunter Myers
If u want. I have one, it's pretty good.
Jace Williams
>he doesn't just imagine what the audio sounds like
Nothing can match the fidelity of your own brain
Easton Murphy
>when PCI expansion cards become a thing again
CPU vendors have to stop jewing people out of PCIe lanes for that to happen.
So never.
Jose Hall
They are called PCIe audio interfaces.
Here for example is some choice of them
rme-audio.de
Ryder Carter
Not only can I hear 0.1 dB fluctuations with 99.7% accuracy in a blind test, I can also hear a clear improvement with 24 bit.
audiocheck.net
I'm sorry that you have shitty hearing, not all of us do.
Justin Adams
Placebo is a pretty big effect, so if it makes you happy, then by all means, go ahead. Generally the improvement with 24bit is not because of that, but rather than they're more likely to use higher quality masters.
0.1 dB difference is audible though, human hearing tends to judge louder sounds as more "quality", so this sensitivity makes it rather hard to perform blind tests, as you always need exact amplitude matching.
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With all things equal, there is no perceivable advantage to 24bit for playback however (other than placebo, obviously):
head-fi.org
xiph.org
Justin Cook
>a blind test is placebo
Whatever makes you feel better about your useless ears.
Jace White
No need to get so defensive, like I said dude, if it works for you then go ahead. That's what matters the most after all.
Even professionals have trouble constructing blind tests that aren't compromised in some way, your single anecdote is literally meaningless.
Parker Ross
>hurr nobody benefits from 24 bit
>"I do, among other things"
>durr single examples don't matter and are anecdotal
I like the way you try to damage control, it's so subtle. Oh wait, no it isn't.
Zachary Flores
Given the quick replies it's doubtful that you've read the sources above, so I don't think you're interested in facts, so no much point continuing especially since you present no evidence from your side.
Have fun with your placebo, friend.