Significant differences in sound quality between hi and low-end converters?
For instance, a few samples Ethan recorded in 2010 pitted an Apogee
8000 against a $25 SoundBlaster. The differences seemed so negligible
as to be inconsequential to my ears.
Any thoughts?
Most converters these days are *SO* far ahead of any speakers (and
rooms, and human hearing) that listening for problems is rather
pointless. You can really only measure them.
Trevor.
yes I agree with that if you know what to measure.
I once had a system that didn't sound quite right but had no obvious issue when tested at normal levels. But digging deeper, there was some small glitch that was easy to see and measure, _____once I figured out what to look for___.
Sometimes it's not obvious. The game is identifying what and how to measure.
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