Hi,
I bought a very nice system a couple of weeks ago (TEAC AI501) and a couple of nice speakers (MA Silver 8). The cables are good, and I have had about 40 hours of running in...
It is now time to do some testing to see what my ears can hear or not, and what makes sense with the material I have.
I would like to test the following:
- CD listening Digital connection with a DVD player through coax. The DVD player has a funny function that says "oversampling", so I'll test that as well.
- Through Apple TV and Toslink Digital connection : different bitrates for MP3, lossless,... I understand the Apple TV resamples at 48kHz, which seems weird, but let's listen.
- Through asynchrone USB, different bitrates of MP3 and escalate lossless up to 192 kHz - 24 bits...
The idea is to have blind listening and see where this brings me.
2 issues though:
- When comparing different sources, the volumes are often not the same, and my ears are very sensitive to volume effects.
- I read a lot about CD and above quality. I basically become dependent not only on my system, but also on the recording...
So here is the question:
==> Which tracks do you recommend to do this testing. I would like to use some classical and some rock examples... Ideally, I would like ot know if there are accepted "standards" to which I can tune to.
Thanks
I bought a very nice system a couple of weeks ago (TEAC AI501) and a couple of nice speakers (MA Silver 8). The cables are good, and I have had about 40 hours of running in...
It is now time to do some testing to see what my ears can hear or not, and what makes sense with the material I have.
I would like to test the following:
- CD listening Digital connection with a DVD player through coax. The DVD player has a funny function that says "oversampling", so I'll test that as well.
- Through Apple TV and Toslink Digital connection : different bitrates for MP3, lossless,... I understand the Apple TV resamples at 48kHz, which seems weird, but let's listen.
- Through asynchrone USB, different bitrates of MP3 and escalate lossless up to 192 kHz - 24 bits...
The idea is to have blind listening and see where this brings me.
2 issues though:
- When comparing different sources, the volumes are often not the same, and my ears are very sensitive to volume effects.
- I read a lot about CD and above quality. I basically become dependent not only on my system, but also on the recording...
So here is the question:
==> Which tracks do you recommend to do this testing. I would like to use some classical and some rock examples... Ideally, I would like ot know if there are accepted "standards" to which I can tune to.
Thanks