[Chris Hornbeck]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:54:34 -0400, "karle"
wrote:

I will be doing some tests, to find out if people can really hear the
difference if a song is played at different sampling rates.

Does anyone knows about a computer / Software / Hardware bundle that would
enable playing songs and changing the master clock on the fly? I would need
the DA converter to switch its clock automatically, according to the signal
it receives at the inputs and the finest equipment if possible.

Also, if you already conducted such an experiment, I'd like to know how you
did it.

Until you frame the question better, you can't learn anything
interesting. You're suggesting changing a bunch of things all
together, then drawing a conclusion about one of the things
you've changed. As science, this stinks on ice.

My recommendation, FWIW, is to begin by asking what, specifically,
is different in a modern recording-and-reproduction chain between
different "sampling rates". Defining "sampling rates" is the first
hurdle. It's *not* the simple number that your post implies, (and
Scott has strongly implied the solution).

Then, building a test of the differences is comparatively easy.

All the best fortune,
Chris Hornbeck