Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had the highest sound quality (2013)

Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by c22 on Monday March 13, 2023 @01:17PM (#35138940)

The bit is still a bit, but if the bit is generated at the beginning of a cycle it might have more voltage than at the end of the cycle and this difference could be discernable in the electromagnetic environment around the processor, which might effect the actual movement of the electro-acoustical element after the decoding by the DAC!

It's at least as likely as the coffee scenario.

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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by e44858 on Monday March 13, 2023 @01:36PM (#35139309)

In some cheap DACs with bad isolation you might even be able to hear those bits as a hissing noise.

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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by p_j_w on Monday March 13, 2023 @02:48PM (#35140502)

>It's at least as likely as the coffee scenario.

I would bet money on a blind taste test on a well pulled shot of espresso vs just dumping some water on some ground beans would show a substantially bigger difference than these people using an audiophile grade network switch or a different version of memcpy. The two aren't even in the same league and it requires some real magical thinking to come to any other conclusion.

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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by c22 on Monday March 13, 2023 @04:52PM (#35142393)

You're moving the goal posts. We were talking about 5 stirs of a "distribution tool"...

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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by p_j_w on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @01:14PM (#35154845)

I would still place that bet.

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