[Trevor]

On 18/02/2017 2:23 AM, wrote:
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.


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.

No argument there, knowledge is always essential. Sadly many people
don't have enough to realise it though. :-(

Trevor.