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Originally Posted by rick-slo
Nika's book is well written and I have enjoyed reading it. Aliasing of frequencies above the sampling frequency to harmonic content below the sampling frequency is particularly relevant to the direction this thread has taken.
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I haven't read his book, but I watched that legendary thread on the George Massenburg forum called "George Watch This" unfold live... where Nika brought up many of the issues we are discussing in this thread. I was a part of that forum (which I love and miss).
Very interesting that he's practicing law right now... not surprising, as he is a smart, articulate, and passionate guy... probably a great lawyer.
Kev, why not do the test you have outlined? I am in norcal and would enjoy participating, or even just watching. I am always willing to learn something new.
BTW, I did the test you reference, with the following modification since I didn't have two of the same converters.
mic (think it was either TLM103 or my stereo Avantone) -> mic pre (Great River 2mh) -> audio d/a -> simultaneous recording on both MOTU traveler (44.1) and Steinberg 816x (88.2). It was very easy to do. I played acoustic guitar through it and other instruments. Played triangle. Played my drum kit.
In no case could I pick out one from the other. Obviously it's not a scientific test as there are two different interfaces in play, but... it should have been easier, considering really the difference between the two interfaces should be obvious. Even then.. no.
I had a couple different monitors connected, including my Dynaudios and Tannoys. I could reliably hear no difference in blind testing.
Anyway, point is, as I said, it's pretty reasonable if one cannot hear a difference in some basic tests, the difference that might exist is irrelevant. Combine that with the results of the tests many people have done. So anyway, that's my take.