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In Reply to: I assume this is a "tongue in cheek" response? posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on September 3, 2015 at 11:00:51:
If the levels are far enough apart (e.g. greater than 1 dB) then it will be obvious that the levels have not been matched. If the levels are only slightly different (e.g. 0.25 dB) then the levels may appear matched, but it is probable that the slightly louder will sound better.
Tony Lauck
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Help- Digital vs Analog (long) - HiFiOd 08:27:25 09/3/15 (76)
- Go back to basics - jeromelang 21:30:37 09/5/15 (7)
- RE: Go back to basics - flood2 14:34:49 09/10/15 (0)
- Are you serious? - rlw 13:44:36 09/8/15 (3)
- He could be... - Tony Lauck 08:53:59 09/9/15 (2)
- RE: He could be... - flood2 18:47:52 09/9/15 (1)
- RE: He could be... - Tony Lauck 19:20:48 09/9/15 (0)
- RE: Go back to basics - HiFiOd 11:07:36 09/6/15 (1)
- I have the SCD1 - jeromelang 20:55:04 09/6/15 (0)
- RE: Help- Digital vs Analog (long) - PAR 06:49:01 09/4/15 (0)
- RE: Help- Digital vs Analog (long) - RGA 00:21:30 09/4/15 (0)
- Are you comparing just ONE digital recording - jedrider 11:31:19 09/3/15 (47)
- Celebidache Bruckner's 8th is a 1999 issue - HiFiOd 15:57:06 09/4/15 (0)
- RE: Are you comparing just ONE digital recording - knewton 12:05:00 09/3/15 (2)
- RE: Are you comparing just ONE digital recording - Todd Krieger 01:41:32 09/5/15 (0)
- RE: Are you comparing just ONE digital recording - Crazy Dave 08:48:20 09/4/15 (0)
- Clarification - HiFiOd 12:00:54 09/3/15 (42)
- RE: "Vinyl is fo the weekends, but it is a treat." - rick_m 09:57:15 09/4/15 (41)
- RE: Information storage and commercail priorities - HiFiOd 10:42:04 09/4/15 (40)
- RE: Information storage and commercail priorities - John Elison 14:35:44 09/4/15 (39)
- Bravo! - rlw 13:58:11 09/8/15 (0)
- The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - Tony Lauck 17:50:13 09/4/15 (37)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - JaroTheWise 22:53:06 09/5/15 (4)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - Mr_Steady 08:04:39 09/6/15 (3)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - JaroTheWise 14:58:39 09/6/15 (2)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - Mr_Steady 18:06:03 09/6/15 (1)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - JaroTheWise 20:23:47 09/6/15 (0)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - Todd Krieger 01:37:54 09/5/15 (18)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - Mr_Steady 08:14:38 09/6/15 (0)
- engineering vs musicality - HiFiOd 19:55:04 09/5/15 (0)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - John Elison 08:08:33 09/5/15 (15)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - Todd Krieger 20:03:12 09/5/15 (14)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - John Elison 21:41:31 09/5/15 (13)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - ahendler 18:33:32 09/7/15 (3)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - John Elison 18:55:20 09/7/15 (2)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - ahendler 02:17:50 09/8/15 (1)
- Well, I've moved on to higher resolution digital formats. - John Elison 02:30:27 09/8/15 (0)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - Tony Lauck 07:33:23 09/6/15 (8)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - ahendler 18:36:14 09/7/15 (0)
- "Claims that a product or process is transparent. . . are suspect" - Chris from Lafayette 10:02:31 09/6/15 (1)
- RE: "Claims that a product or process is transparent. . . are suspect" - ahendler 18:40:43 09/7/15 (0)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - John Elison 08:48:02 09/6/15 (4)
- RF output from DACs is real. - Tony Lauck 10:22:02 09/6/15 (3)
- RE: RF output from DACs is real. - ahendler 18:45:43 09/7/15 (0)
- RE: RF output from DACs is real. - John Elison 10:53:10 09/6/15 (0)
- DAC Design Engineering - HiFiOd 10:52:28 09/6/15 (0)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - John Elison 18:17:28 09/4/15 (12)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - Todd Krieger 01:28:31 09/5/15 (8)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - John Elison 08:54:20 09/5/15 (7)
- Framing the issue - HiFiOd 09:29:07 09/5/15 (6)
- RE: Framing the issue - Tony Lauck 11:13:24 09/5/15 (5)
- RE: Framing the issue - John Elison 12:30:15 09/5/15 (4)
- RE: Framing the issue - Tony Lauck 12:46:31 09/5/15 (3)
- RE: Framing the issue - John Elison 14:00:01 09/5/15 (2)
- RE: Framing the issue - Tony Lauck 14:03:56 09/5/15 (1)
- RE: Framing the issue - John Elison 14:06:45 09/5/15 (0)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - Tony Lauck 18:29:29 09/4/15 (2)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - John Elison 20:09:24 09/4/15 (1)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - Tony Lauck 20:33:15 09/4/15 (0)
- RE: The recording sounded "dull, flat, dim, not as vivid"? - genungo 10:36:42 09/3/15 (6)
- RE: The recording sounded "dull, flat, dim, not as vivid"? - HiFiOd 11:35:37 09/3/15 (5)
- Lousy fresh juice vs. good juice from concentrate - genungo 14:51:30 09/3/15 (4)
- RE: Lousy fresh juice vs. good juice from concentrate - Tony Lauck 17:41:46 09/4/15 (3)
- RE: "35 years old and totally obsolete" - genungo 19:49:40 09/4/15 (2)
- RE: "35 years old and totally obsolete" - Tony Lauck 20:50:34 09/4/15 (1)
- Right on! (NT) - HiFiOd 19:56:45 09/5/15 (0)
- Are you sure you matched levels? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 09:01:55 09/3/15 (4)
- I assume this is a "tongue in cheek" response? - Beef Guinness Cutie Pie 11:00:51 09/3/15 (3)
- RE: I assume this is a "tongue in cheek" response? - Tony Lauck 09/4/1511:48:06 09/4/15 (0)
- "Have you ever heard slightly mismatched levels responsible for "dull, flat, dim, 'not as vivid'" sound?" - Chris from Lafayette 08:58:54 09/4/15 (0)
- RE: I assume this is a "tongue in cheek" response? - Ivan303 08:09:33 09/4/15 (0)
- RE: Help- Digital vs Analog (long) - ahendler 08:42:05 09/3/15 (5)
- I agree and prefer dacs that do not oversample or upsample. - garymuffley 13:05:27 09/4/15 (0)
- RE: Help- Digital vs Analog (long) - HiFiOd 15:07:12 09/3/15 (3)
- RE: Help- Digital vs Analog (long) - Bill Way 19:07:47 09/3/15 (2)
- RE: Help- Digital vs Analog (long) - HiFiOd 08:23:59 09/4/15 (1)
- RE: Help- Digital vs Analog (long) - Bill Way 09:23:51 09/4/15 (0)
Follow Ups
- RE: I assume this is a "tongue in cheek" response? - Tony Lauck 09/4/1511:48:06 09/4/15 (0)