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Thomas, something along those lines could be the case - the more resolving the rig becomes the easier it is to hear anomalies caused by electrical signals, and circuits not being textbook in their behaviour - it's an ongoing detective story ...
I wanted to follow up since I've been doing some experimentation.
I currently have in house a $4000 network streamer, a $700, 3 foot CAT8 Nordost Heimdall 2 Ethernet cable, a $1600 RME studio interface, a 315 foot generic CAT5e.
I have several tracks put through it. When it comes to the 315 foot cable I tossed it on the stove underneath a 1200 watt microwave heating water.
I'll post some downloads for you. You let me know which is the ripped track, vs the $233 / foot, vs. the $0.30 / foot cable.
Look this whole 'Resolving Rig' is 100% pure bullschitt. What it would really be is a really expensive, poorly engineered system susceptible to something as trivial as a cable swap.
The reason the 'Resolving Rig' is a fictitious argument is that we are at the end of the day talking about the modified output of the DAC. The rest of the downstream components matter naught. And here is why:
1. If I'm able to record the output of a track I've either ripped from CD or some downloaded 24/96, 24/192 track from the source provider, captured that output into my ADC, have you ABX it in foobar to the original, and you can't reliably tell the difference then we have established that the ADC being used is up to the task of accurately recording output and that would include changes. Now you can attempt to argue this till one is blue in the face but any argument you try to make will never have any traction.
2. By going with a $4000 network streamer and going directly into and ADC all B.S. excuses of 'highly resolving' equipment are now off the board. There is nothing other than Ethernet in, XLR out on the streamer. No amp, no pre-amp, no speakers, no room.
So let me know of some of your favorite evaluation tracks and if you could get me a copy. I'll put it through the ADC process, pull out five 30 second segments on both cables and make them and the original available for you to download.
The first round will be unblinded. The 2nd round will be randomly labeled.
Let me know.
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