Quote Originally Posted by Chippy_boy View Post
I'm not off the thread. You are suggesting there is only one valid opinion, i.e. yours and I am suggesting an alternative possibility
Nope, you're merely spouting the same hypothesis that Ashley James and his cronies spout regularly. You're not actually Ashley James are you? You are off thread, because I started it to ask other Snow Leopard users what they thought, not what the universally accepted theory is, which I've discussed ad nauseum already over the last 5 or so years. If it comes about that a number of people try it and hear no differences then I am more than satisfied that my assumptions are wrong, but as evidence is emerging that other people are hearing a difference, then I don't think I am wrong.

The "listen with your own ears" argument cuts no ice with me.
Then what are you even doing on a hi-fi forum? Or owning decent hi-fi kit? Can you actually appreciate the differences between a good and a bad rendition of a musical performance or are you happy so long as you can recognise a tune? We're all completely different in the way that we perceive sound and we all have our preferences for a certain type of sound, but I think our attitudes towards music and audio are so at opposite ends of the spectrum (and I'm not going to be so gauche as to say you are wrong and I am right) that we don't really have anything more to discuss.

It's funny how that bottle of red wine tastes better on the balcony overlooking lake Como. But it's the same wine.
Yes, but that is because your surroundings have improved, thus affecting your mood, as has the quality of the air mixing with the wine, thus affecting the taste of the wine.