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In Reply to: Re: To mod or not to mod posted by Christine Tham on April 8, 2007 at 18:22:41:
Chris, you raise very valid points. I've often suspected the love many audiophiles have for vinyl and tubes reflects a subjective feeling of improved sound because of introduced distortion which masks other nasties. But I could be wrong so that statement is not meant to offend or challenge anyone.As for jitter, it seems that there is no generally accepted objective measurement of this either so any quote of a number purporting "low" jitter (implying better sound) is not necessarily helpful.
So, we seem to fall back on subjective judgements and that is full of tanktraps too. What person "A" things is good sound might not appeal to person "B".
In this audio maze (which is frequently difficult to emerge from) all I can do, in the absence of personal audition, is to research opinions on the net and/or accept opinions from people (like yourself) who command respect. When many give subjective positive comment on a unit, it is an indication that it could also be subjectively pleasing to me.
I know this is sidestepping your challenge about the validity of modding, but my experience with it has been generally positive. I guess most of us seek a little magic in this audio-video mania :-)
John
Do not criticise the idiots in this world - we need them as they make the rest of us look so much better :-)
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- Re: To mod or not to mod - John C. - Aussie 18:51:38 04/08/07 (2)
- Re: To mod or not to mod - Christine Tham 19:08:56 04/08/07 (1)
- I am also susceptible to the voodoo that surrounds this hobby of ours - John C. - Aussie 19:19:13 04/08/07 (0)
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