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<blockquote data-quote="Hennie" data-source="post: 12966" data-attributes="member: 20"><p>Ok Gert, misunderstanding on my side then. Apologies for that.</p><p></p><p>Yes, there could be problems in the DSP code of the 2496. It is fixed point and if the internal data is not continually scaled correctly there might be numerical underflow problems only appearing under certain conditions. Or it could be something totally different I can't even think of now, but generally the unit measures well.</p><p></p><p>Now for a difficult question, what's your view on amplifiers? A/B testing suggests that all modern, reasonably well designed amplifiers operated in their linear region are indistinguishable. I find that many times, but not always, I think I can pick up a difference immediately during short term listening. Longer term, after using an amplifier for at least a few days, I almost always pick up a difference when the amplifier is replaced with something else. And then there's the signature issue, amplifiers brands tend to have a “house sound”,. Even total novices have described amplifier signature to me in words that mirror my own experience. The question is why, if they had no prior exposure to those brands and their supposed signature sound? Having said that, most good amplifiers are pretty close and many are indistinguishable to me.</p><p></p><p>Back to the 2496 – do you think the analogue output stage can have an effect? It is quite a popular upgrade, but then the factory fitted one is supposed to be blameless in terms of generally accepted hearing ability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hennie, post: 12966, member: 20"] Ok Gert, misunderstanding on my side then. Apologies for that. Yes, there could be problems in the DSP code of the 2496. It is fixed point and if the internal data is not continually scaled correctly there might be numerical underflow problems only appearing under certain conditions. Or it could be something totally different I can't even think of now, but generally the unit measures well. Now for a difficult question, what's your view on amplifiers? A/B testing suggests that all modern, reasonably well designed amplifiers operated in their linear region are indistinguishable. I find that many times, but not always, I think I can pick up a difference immediately during short term listening. Longer term, after using an amplifier for at least a few days, I almost always pick up a difference when the amplifier is replaced with something else. And then there's the signature issue, amplifiers brands tend to have a “house sound”,. Even total novices have described amplifier signature to me in words that mirror my own experience. The question is why, if they had no prior exposure to those brands and their supposed signature sound? Having said that, most good amplifiers are pretty close and many are indistinguishable to me. Back to the 2496 – do you think the analogue output stage can have an effect? It is quite a popular upgrade, but then the factory fitted one is supposed to be blameless in terms of generally accepted hearing ability. [/QUOTE]
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