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Just curious -- what headphones did you use to observe distortion? I am using Audio Technica MSR7 when I was mixing.
It's true its not the same quality I hear in real life, but as someone who has heard the comparison in person and the recording, I can vouch that what I hear in the recording when I use proper headphones is atleast indicative of the relative difference between the 2 dacs in real life. Anyway, I won't go on to act as a proponent to sound demos, I was just doing it out of boredom. Weather or not you hear a difference and weather or not you believe in youtube sound demos is up to you.
Not that it really matters, but I was listening through Audio Technica ATH-M50x headphones. Just so I am clear, I did not claim that I could not hear any difference in the video. What I can say with 100% confidence is that any difference that I may or may not have heard are meaningless and marginal at best considering the medium. It has nothing to do with a belief or non-belief in youtube sound demos. It has to do with the understanding of the facts and science behind the medium's capability limits. The other factor is there is no guarantee that these are in fact the DACs being tested or that they have been level-matched. Any differences heard can be easily reproduced by simply adjusting tone controls to achieve the desired effect. It cannot be attributed to either one of these being superior to the other. Any claims like this based on youtube videos are dubious at best.
The Schiit Modi Multibit has long been proven to be a low-fidelity, underperforming design which has clever marketing behind it (The clever part being to promoting a line of products while making no claims of accurate sound reproduction). But that is where it stops, with marketing. I would think the Modi 3 would be a more appropriate comparison since it actually does manage decent DAC performance. However, any reviews and/or comparisons of a subjective nature or claims of magical performance or special properties that require a leap of faith with a healthy dose of psuedo-science will probably not be met with any kind of acceptance of a serious nature around here.