In Reply to: Aural Response posted by fmak on December 15, 2011 at 15:23:28:
That's my point. Since physiological and emotional phenomena are comparatively poorly understood, and there exists disparate opinions (obviously not everyone hears a difference), then why do we jump on the belief that a USB cable is the source of the perceptual difference?
I maintain that it's literally "in the ear of the beholder". Some people hear the difference and are happy to pay exorbitant amounts for something they perceive as good, others feel it's a rip-off.
The OP didn't detect a difference, came to the conclusion that significant changes in length didn't make a difference and questioned if USB cables are a big deal... Clearly not exhaustive research but not unreasonable. Furthermore, he made a good observation that digital volume attenuation in Windows sucks. Can't disagree.
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- RE: Aural Response - Archimago 12/15/1116:01:38 12/15/11 (22)
- No, you either didn't read, or understand, or are deliberately - Sordidman 09:14:56 12/16/11 (14)
- RE: No, you either didn't read, or understand, or are deliberately - Tony Lauck 13:07:28 12/16/11 (13)
- OK Tony, - you got me on that one! - Sordidman 14:26:10 12/16/11 (2)
- RE: OK Tony, - you got me on that one! - Tony Lauck 14:52:28 12/16/11 (1)
- RE: OK Tony, - you got me on that one! - Sordidman 15:39:08 12/16/11 (0)
- RE: No, you either didn't read, or understand, or are deliberately - racerxnet 13:47:41 12/16/11 (9)
- 14ft of speaker cable lowered the resonant frequency - Sordidman 17:01:10 12/16/11 (0)
- RE: No, you either didn't read, or understand, or are deliberately - Mercman 14:12:27 12/16/11 (6)
- RE: No, you either didn't read, or understand, or are deliberately - Scrith 17:05:06 12/16/11 (1)
- RE: No, you either didn't read, or understand, or are deliberately - Mercman 17:23:47 12/16/11 (0)
- RE: No, you either didn't read, or understand, or are deliberately - Bob_C 14:55:04 12/16/11 (0)
- RE: No, you either didn't read, or understand, or are deliberately - racerxnet 14:17:10 12/16/11 (2)
- RE: No, you either didn't read, or understand, or are deliberately - Mercman 14:24:17 12/16/11 (1)
- RE: No, you either didn't read, or understand, or are deliberately - racerxnet 14:28:13 12/16/11 (0)
- RE: No, you either didn't read, or understand, or are deliberately - Tony Lauck 14:01:03 12/16/11 (0)
- RE: Aural Response-because they hear it!!! - fmak 17:11:36 12/15/11 (6)
- RE: Aural Response-because they hear it!!! - Archimago 18:30:28 12/15/11 (5)
- RE: Aural Response-because they hear it!!! - jaydacus 20:02:22 12/15/11 (4)
- RE: Aural Response-because they hear it!!! - Archimago 22:44:59 12/16/11 (0)
- How would you know when you haven't done a test yet? -t - Sordidman 09:03:49 12/16/11 (0)
- RE: Aural Response-because they hear it!!! - Mercman 03:40:08 12/16/11 (1)
- RE: Aural Response-because they hear it!!! - Bob_C 14:48:29 12/16/11 (0)