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Except that it's only one component of many in a system. I doubt there would be a measurable performance difference between a standard formula 1 car, and one w
by swimfar 13y ago
Except that it's only one component of many in a system. I doubt there would be a measurable performance difference between a standard formula 1 car, and one which has had it's carbon fiber steering wheel swapped out for an aluminum one. But making a lot of small, nearly immeasurable changes can result in noticeable differences.
Certainly, in the case of racecars if two components differ only in weight, we can infer in what ways this should affect the performance. With audio it's not quite as clear (to me). Is there a measurable difference in the signal between using copper and silver wire? I don't know. But if we know that one component has measurably higher noise, that seems like it has the potential to result in a "cleaner" signal.
However, without going too far down the rabbit hole, I generally agree that in the end the important question is, "does system A sound better than system B".
- marcosdumay 13y agoNope, we are talking about replacing the engine for one of a completely different model. Those amps and a very small number of resistors and capacitors are the first stage of amplification of an equipment. They are the biggest source of noise, by a couple orders of magnitude. If you can't tell the difference once you change them, it's because the difference is not relevant (and for audio systems, it's completely irrelevant).
- Dylan16807 13y agoIt's hard to notice subtle things without an A/B test, it might just be that quiet parts of certain songs just don't sound as good. For something like this you would want to measure the noise levels, not make assumptions about audiophiles being wrong; they're only wrong a significant fraction of the time.