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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Brown" data-source="post: 81715" data-attributes="member: 1310">Re: Help a club pick a console to replace an aging Crest VX.Hi Brad,I actually have tried this with the LS9 and the M7Cl after some debates at a company I used to work for. There were several people who heard differences and several people who didn&#039;t. We set up a relatively scientific ABX test and suddenly the people who heard differences before could not reliably hear them again.Amusingly, in one case, tapping HA button of an unused channel on the touch screen of the M7CL 4 times seemed to have a profound effect on the sound of the console in one testee&#039;s mind. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />~:-D~:grin:There is plenty of documentation on why/how external clocks will not (best case) or negatively (worst case) influence the sound of a converter.... but try setting up a test yourself and have a trusty assistant swapping the settings without you knowing.At the end of the day its your rig and you have the right to set it up however you please... so if you hear a positive difference then more power to you!If anyone would like more information check out writings by:&nbsp;Nika Aldrich (his book Digital Audio Explained is great). Bob Katz (his book on mastering is also fantastic in its explanations of digital audio) And the legendary converter designer Dan Lavry (lots of excellent white papers on his website).&nbsp; Sorry to be a serial thread disruptor. :blush:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mike Brown, post: 81715, member: 1310"] Re: Help a club pick a console to replace an aging Crest VX. Hi Brad, I actually have tried this with the LS9 and the M7Cl after some debates at a company I used to work for. There were several people who heard differences and several people who didn't. We set up a relatively scientific ABX test and suddenly the people who heard differences before could not reliably hear them again. Amusingly, in one case, tapping HA button of an unused channel on the touch screen of the M7CL 4 times seemed to have a profound effect on the sound of the console in one testee's mind. :D~:-D~:grin: There is plenty of documentation on why/how external clocks will not (best case) or negatively (worst case) influence the sound of a converter.... but try setting up a test yourself and have a trusty assistant swapping the settings without you knowing. At the end of the day its your rig and you have the right to set it up however you please... so if you hear a positive difference then more power to you! If anyone would like more information check out writings by: Nika Aldrich (his book Digital Audio Explained is great). Bob Katz (his book on mastering is also fantastic in its explanations of digital audio) And the legendary converter designer Dan Lavry (lots of excellent white papers on his website). Sorry to be a serial thread disruptor. :blush: [/QUOTE]

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