blackdiamond
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So, I post that I heard the difference between a solid state output DAC A and a tube buffered output on DAC A and that I found that DAC B sounded identical to the tube buffered output of DAC A and this is your response? Would it not be expected that the tube buffer would change the way the output measured?You are not hearing any difference between DACs unless it is trivially obvious with measurements. That fact is not debatable without a significant amount of proof. No amount of anecdotal evidence will ever suffice.
I've seen people say that our ability to measure exceed our ability to hear. What I've not seen is someone that can correlate measurements to how a component will sound.
Are you familiar with Iconoclast cables that are designed by Galen Gareis? I love his scientific approach to design and find it very interesting that he offers multiple conductor materials even though he makes it very clear that he does not know how to design for them. The point is that he can hear something that he doesn't know how to measure or design for. He seems like someone that should know as much from a scientific design perspective as anyone in the industry. If he doesn't think that measurements tell the whole story then it seems to be at least plausable.
How does someone "know" if a particular set of measurements for a given thing are sufficient to account for everything without testing things and seeing if the measurements can explain everything that has been experienced?