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<blockquote data-quote="Doug b" data-source="post: 1336285" data-attributes="member: 59143"><p>I'd trust Stereophile about as far as I could thro... wait, can I throw Stereophile? Hmm.... You're not going to find an unbiased "audiophile" magazine out there. They exist to make money through advertisements and such. You can bet your biddy that any "10 star" reviews are paid for as such. </p><p></p><p>As for your friends Mp3 player, remember... Garbage in, garbage out. That's why people love iPods. They don't discriminate much. The earbuds are crummy, and you can toss an 128 kbps file on there and the lamen would never be the wiser. Put the same garbled file on my IHP with some decent cans, and you're going to be sorry you did. If it sounded flat, it was a reflection of the encoding and the cans used. I can guarantee this. </p><p></p><p>iTunes is ok for playback, but there are certainly much better front end plugins for iTunes that bypass its DSP and supply a much cleaner and wider soundstage, to say the least. But again, if you're using standard desktop speakers, you would never hear the difference. </p><p></p><p>Doug</p><p></p><p>P.S. For the record, I don't care who you are or how experienced you are, the only people capable of knowing what "accurate" sound is, are those whom were producing, mixing and mastering the music in the studio at that time only. It's up to the artist, producer and engineers to work out what the overall sound is going to come out as, but once the record is pressed/recorded etc... and it comes home and gets played on your stereo or digital device, that original intent is pretty much kicked to the curb. </p><p></p><p>Just sayin'. I guess that pretty makes anything we say moot except for personal preference. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug b, post: 1336285, member: 59143"] I'd trust Stereophile about as far as I could thro... wait, can I throw Stereophile? Hmm.... You're not going to find an unbiased "audiophile" magazine out there. They exist to make money through advertisements and such. You can bet your biddy that any "10 star" reviews are paid for as such. As for your friends Mp3 player, remember... Garbage in, garbage out. That's why people love iPods. They don't discriminate much. The earbuds are crummy, and you can toss an 128 kbps file on there and the lamen would never be the wiser. Put the same garbled file on my IHP with some decent cans, and you're going to be sorry you did. If it sounded flat, it was a reflection of the encoding and the cans used. I can guarantee this. iTunes is ok for playback, but there are certainly much better front end plugins for iTunes that bypass its DSP and supply a much cleaner and wider soundstage, to say the least. But again, if you're using standard desktop speakers, you would never hear the difference. Doug P.S. For the record, I don't care who you are or how experienced you are, the only people capable of knowing what "accurate" sound is, are those whom were producing, mixing and mastering the music in the studio at that time only. It's up to the artist, producer and engineers to work out what the overall sound is going to come out as, but once the record is pressed/recorded etc... and it comes home and gets played on your stereo or digital device, that original intent is pretty much kicked to the curb. Just sayin'. I guess that pretty makes anything we say moot except for personal preference. ;) [/QUOTE]
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