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New MC22 feature: Play album from memory?

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kstuart:

--- Quote from: RD James on July 16, 2016, 01:11:31 pm ---I don't see how it would affect the sound quality at all.

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There have been multiple double-blind studies of audio convention attendees that established that processes running during audio playback (such as decompression of compressed files) affect sound quality.

Those studies included two different PCs of different "power" (speed, memory, etc.) and the effect was less on the faster PC.  The resulting hypothesis was that the cause was electrical in nature.  PCs are not designed to be used in real-time and competitively priced parts often barely meet specs.

Please note that these differences are very small.  There are much greater differences between two remasterings of an album.

JimH:
If you're going to cite studies, please also include a link or two.

Krunchy:
Hello,

just a short question: is this feature only working with an album? Or can it work also with a selection? A playlist?
Thanks

Blueline:

--- Quote from: RD James on July 16, 2016, 06:17:36 pm ---RAM is still significantly faster than an SSD and sleeping the drive still matters if you're on a portable device.
I suspect that most people are storing their media on hard drives or NAS devices rather than locally-attached SSDs.

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SATA 2 port has better sound quality when compared to the SATA 3 port
speed is not always so good, it generates noise.

BillT:

--- Quote from: kstuart on July 16, 2016, 08:53:35 pm ---There have been multiple double-blind studies of audio convention attendees that established that processes running during audio playback (such as decompression of compressed files) affect sound quality.

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Multiple; at least 2, OK.
double-blind; should be good.
studies; ah, academic even better.

of audio convention attendees; oh dear, it all falls apart now. You aren't at all likely to be able to do well controlled studies of any sort, let alone double blind ones, at an audio convention. At the very least, the conditions are inimical to sound quality assessment.

No references, which should be readily available if a proper study had been conducted; totally unconvincing.

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