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Old September 19th 06, 04:44 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
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Default Apogee mini dac or Benchmark DAC1


Eeyore wrote:
Keith G wrote:

After an hour I can say it's fine/OK and
if it was all I had I wouldn't be too unhappy, but usually when I swap back
to the valves (haven't got time atm) I find the *improvement* is
instantaneous and reaffirming.


It's called listening fatigue. The break that you give yourself so doing allows
the ear to recover. Now try it the other way round !

Hmmm I read somewhere that the opposite is usually in play. There seems
to be a common bias to prefer the second smaple in an A/B comparison.
That is the reason I always do A/B B/A comparisons and repeat them ove
several listening sessions to try to remove other human variables such
as mood and physical well being.


Scott