Why is blind testing not such a hot button with:

- Drug testing in the pharmaceutical field?

- Wine testing?

- Perfume testing?

- Food testing?

Where lies the difference(s) between these (and many other) areas where blind testing is common and non-controversial and the audio field?

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Greetings!

So my first post is under-way...

I've been doing quite a lot of research and my selection for a stand-alone DAC has come down to just the above two DACs. I already have a MF X-10v3 tube output buffer stage and quite like the sound of it. Just want to improve the sound upstream. I'm currently using a Benhringer DEQ2496 as a DAC.

Anyone had experience with both DACs? Which has a more musical mid-range, nicer mid-bass, airy-highs (not a high priority) and stronger dynamics? I've read a lot of reviews but any fresh comments would help a lot. Thanks!

Hey guys and gals

Who is your (one) favorite female jazz singer from the days gone past and from the more current time.

For me...Ella Fitzgerald. The voice the spunk and the imperfections make her style a joy (for me) to listen to

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Thank you for your advice.

I have some Mid to High-end equipment. Parasound Halo P3 Preamp/CAL Audio Labs CL-15 CD Player/2 Parasound HCA 1200 amps (Mono)/Apogee Centaur Major Speakers. I was thinking of adding a Graphic Equalizer. I guess my question is: Should I do this or am I going to mess up the sound of my system? I feel I am missing something or maybe my hearing is going the older I get.

I found that speaker positioning was the most single significant factor in room sound. Once proper location was established from the walls, TOE-IN had a huge effect on soundstage and clarity. For many years, I listened to my system with inadequate toe-in. Sam Tellig's recent speaker review clued me in, and once I aimed the speakers at me-WOW !!

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What can be said about the players character (neutral, soundstage, resolution etc), and overall concerning pricevalue towards others in similar price-range?

In Art Dudley's review, Gordon Rankin refers to a dead silent laptop. I love my laptop, but like others, it gets warm after a while and turns its cooling fan. How does that fan noise (both accoustical and electrical) jibe with dead silent?

Hi,
a link about the press of audio
http://www.high-endaudio.com/magaz.html

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Hello

I am interested in converting my LPs to SACD. How can I do that? Any ideas?

The Teac DV-RA1000 does record in DSD format but then how can I process (remove click, pops, hiss