From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Apr 25 18:54:58 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D11FACBBC for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:54:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from sonic309-25.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (sonic309-25.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [77.238.179.83]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C9F666C0BB for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:54:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) X-YMail-OSG: dLR4RkAVM1kNVEdtDWysIGf.cYrM1eMffETnxxQXIjHdnKc3AhC6nIU7429OZhP lpg4W6RFD76VfRsTsAN7uD83ixVUZHaQe3MZIcAyO.kijLFH61WE_PV8ENTvEmREve7jjqJ51W.G VP.fCcLvJd2taCsNsqc9GUQ7AvQJZe6x8MjMnN40icUzanAEltnmy3LpoC1_fEbFtwkvEAOoyovD xsxPZ_fzZes5dlGKlRp.J87CyO7ENrrt10T7qIJDiA_WmXrthVF01PdgrYYTAMmnlBU4yw7Yecc4 rN035hAkNuf3RcPhDaoeHniQvKILPOgYQTfCza0CH6tjLQICm7gO_nEeF_8CIUnLnYi0v7714RIL CTDHZFXUrrjzQsVsj6EKBgOHn7EBJ8rOraJChc7MMunsqKYUQhqRoKJ19J8FB90nn8CHkLqwwjiN BZOlp82TzWvTe3S4L9VxbFojEnCmT8AzSv9Zd9tTmWBpomk1NTxwHKmhlNloZezWDqWwjBrk_XQf 3TE0tgrob2dG7HjkqcQJzQOXda3jCJ9XJLVkOxuUKIeu42sBQB..0OprpzK4zhzGU_s3m3hPIKvD 1_epllKQHB6mhVP3QDiXoPErG7Z8E2ht_jXbg1HFsRdfaPgexYUo6TEUkirbBwyMDOZQZqiwnEa_ v Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic309.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with HTTP; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:54:49 +0000 Received: from x4e32150c.dyn.telefonica.de (EHLO archlinux) ([78.50.21.12]) by smtp428.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (Oath Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID 5b26ae13bec6473c3f88bcd6f8d13d39 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:54:46 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:54:45 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: audiophile sound on FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20180425205445.5aa66caa@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20180426015617.08c89a40.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> References: <20180423224242.7299f430@WorkMachine> <20180424113308.52f35f93@WorkMachine> <20180424200924.12c648bf@archlinux> <20180424235410.5e175bc6@gumby.homeunix.com> <20180425185330.70fb9b1e.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <20180425121249.3de329616ad9c07822e5e572@sohara.org> <20180426015617.08c89a40.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0git136 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-arch-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:54:58 -0000 However, if plain analog equipment does sound better than digital equipment or not is off-topic. Still important is, that even digital gear at some point converts from/to analog and apart from the quality of the converters, the quality of the digital gear's analog domain does matter a lot. If you want to experience a high class headphone amp, listen to the headphone output of a RME card and compare it with another good headphone amp, fed by a digital output of a the same RME card or by a balanced or unbalanced analog output of the same card. Usually the result is that clear, that there's no need for blind or double blind tests.