Player decoding or Receiver decoding, that is the question

[Sir Terrence]

Originally Posted by axe79

In your opinion.
I very much know how to get music set up to foot tapping perfection for my room. Am well aware of how sound waves travel, wave lengths, resonance etc. I don't need a meter to tell me either, just like a piano tuner doesn't.
By what you say you do have a particular problem with your room that has/is taking a bit of sorting out. Not something that can be easily and fairly be discussed on a board with so many variables.
I also know how to modify, and how to tweak for particular effects by the choice of components in the design. Schottky Diodes, Os-cons, DNM Design T-Network, Silmic, Polypropylene, capacitors. Different makes/models have different chararistics.
Much of this work is a 'black art' and tuning sound so it has musicality with depth, detail, clarity, balance, texture is something that develops with time.

I'm not here to fight, Sir Terrence, (I don't use my title on the boards so I assume you don't have one) but do report on listening observations that are quite real!

Regards

Wow, I have never heard anyone say they don't need a meter to equalize any volume mismatches between source. IMO, this test you performed is completely invalid, and cannot be used to advance ANY argument on bitstream versus LPCM. Level matching is of upmost importance when trying to conduct any listening test between two sources. Our ears are extremely insensentive to small volume mismatches, and cannot be used to match volume between two source.