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>I can. I have blind tested it myself. Many people can.
Cool. I'm not you, anon. Nor many people. I don't even know any products that give you option of swapping out DA chips, outside DIY solutions.
>The differences can be measured
Then, on the chip level we're at the point where you have to ask yourself, "is this audible". And consider the rest of the implementation in the application.
>You've been reading too much Audio Science Review
I don't subscribe to any magazines. Especially ones from China. I prefer the internet.
>I can listen to an album on vinyl, SACD, CD, tape, etc. and hear the difference
Different kinds of sources aren't reproduced 1:1 to a critical listener. It is not a huge revelation.
>YOU might be deaf, but please don't project
Like I said above, if you think you hear the difference between different chips, cool. I'm not projecting anything. And the CD quality reproduction has been solved issue for ages. This is a point I will stand by, anon, with modern chips signal distortion will vast majority of time be under a certain treshold when you have 16bits and 44 kHz samplerates. What it sounds when the signal hits your speakers is whole different thing. There are reasons why tube amps are popular, and it's not the most accurate 1:1 reproduction of sound.
>YOU done blind tests yourself? If not, how would you know what you're missing?
Funny thing should you mention it. Critical listener with decent hearing and equipment A/B'ing different DACs (as in the devices in which said DA chips go in) or amplifiers with similar on-paper specifications can clock on pretty well the difference - this has been demonstrated again and again on different forums on the internet, afaik. As far as blind testing goes, haven't done that on my own gear - I just go by "sounds good enough for me". Would fancier gear sound better or offer some features my stuff doesn't have? Yeah, sure. Have I claimed that my shit is the best there is? Fuck no. Chill out.

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