Blue or red pill?

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9 minutes ago, adamdea said:

Sorry if I'm being obtuse but isn't manis trying to persuade you that two bit identical files can sound different?

If I believed that then I would also believe that the file ceases to exist as soon as it enters a computer. let alone during the path to the dac. and inside the dac. I think Manis should be worried about what could be happening to his file as it sits on the computer. What happens when you defrag the drive? Can you make sure that the file stays in exactly the same location in memory?  

Equally,  if I were a homeopath I'm not sure I would dare to drink water. 

 

Could be.  But you wouldn't be able to reach that conclusion definitively unless you analyzed the files.

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18 minutes ago, beerandmusic said:

 

probably, but you don't know the right ones, if you don't know what would make one interface sound different than another.

 

Have you ever considered the possibility that you (the individual listener) are a greater variable than the components you are testing?  FWIW, I myself am surprised how much better music sounds (the exact same file in the exact same setup) at night compared to daytime.  Am I crazy or is human physiology just way more complicated than a simple electronic device?