On Monday, December 19, 2011 06:16:06 PM Fons Adriaensen did opine: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 05:00:31PM +0100, Johan Herland wrote: > > Thanks for quantifying this for me. Between the crazy audiophile > > forums and my lack of experience in this field, it's not always easy > > to keep track of how much is good enough, and what is just crazy > > over-engineering. :) > > Be very careful with what you read on 'audiophile' forums. 99% of the > high-end audio business is based on ignorance and hype these days. > Chuckle. I have to disagree a wee bit Fons, you under-estimate the percentage that is all smoke and mirrors, its at least 99.9% these days. :) Lots of card claim 24 bit, but a monotonicity check will often fail before the 14th bit has been fully tested. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Nothing will dispel enthusiasm like a small admission fee. -- Kim Hubbard _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
