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I think you're misinterpreting the statement "For hundreds of years, the best violin players have almost unanimously said they prefer a Stradivari or a Guarner
by thieving_magpie 10y ago
I think you're misinterpreting the statement "For hundreds of years, the best violin players have almost unanimously said they prefer a Stradivari or a Guarneri instrument". While maybe they don't unanimously state it, that does seem to be the prevailing opinion over "hundreds of years". Just because there are violins that match a Stradivarius doesn't change that.
Please audiophiles don't kill me but it seems loosely similar to the debate over lossless FLAC files and a record. Though I will note that unlike the audio debate you're saying there's no perceptible difference between the two.
- 21 10y agoAudiophiles have moved beyond that stage. Today they are debating the difference between FLAC files and WAV files, and "audiophile-grade" audio players fully decode the FLAC file in memory before playing it, into a single continuous memory region (obviously, continuous in user-space, in kernel space it can still be "fragmented", but this is too subtle for current day)
- copperx 10y agoI hope you are joking.
- AimHere 10y agoI suspect he isn't. Have yourself a giggle at these guys discussing the finer points of FLAC vs Wav sound quality (to be fair, some of them do make sensible points about the ability to tag files and whathaveyou, but still...) http://forums.naimaudio.com/topic/flac-vs-wav-audio-quality http://forums.naimaudio.com/topic/flac-vs-wav-audio-quality
- nitrogen 10y agoThe only possible way there's a difference is if the CPU used to decode a FLAC file changes the noise emitted by the computer or puts noise on the DAC's power supply that affects its clock stability or raises the noise floor.