Headphonesty is garbage. It's the National Enquirer of audio.
However, this particular article was right on point! Go figure. Even blind pigs find a truffle sometime.
bits is bits
Being a retired IT tech, Iʻm a "bits is bits" guy. I keep seeing people rank different streaming services against each other and I have to say, Iʻm mystified. Modern recordings are all digital masters and remastered. If two different hi-res streaming services, say Qobuz and Tidal, have the same track available, why would one sound different from the other, let alone better?
The stream is being fed over TCP/IP from the source, and I see no reason that it you were to do a cksum on the same file/track being delivered by either streaming service, that they would exactly match. So why do people claim better sound from one streaming source over the other. Iʻm assuming they are both full resolution sources, not mp3.
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Noise. How can a turtle leave a beach upon hatching, swim over 10000 miles away, and then 20 years later return to the exact same spot? Natal homing or geomagnetic imprinting. Has either been proven satisfactorily to the deniers? No, yet both have been observed to occur. |
As @mclinnguy points out, a busier CPU will generate more EMI. In a poorly thought-out system, or one that has weak links caused by subpar components, EMI can indeed affect sound quality. On the other hand, a well-balanced and optimized system eliminates unwanted noise before it can affect the end sound. Not sure about turtles though.
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