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Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: subtle differences in comparisons
Message-ID: <2072@rabbit.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Oct-83 21:29:50 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 14 21:29:50 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Oct-83 08:44:54 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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People have been commenting recently about subtle differences
between different CD players, different types of speaker wire,
and so on.  Please remember:

	Two signals that are the same except for a tiny
	level difference (1/4 dB) will sound different!

The differences tend to be described by listeners as almost
anything -- EXCEPT loudness!  Thus, when comparing components,
it is ESSENTIAL to match levels more closely than can be done by ear.