What are we objectivists missing?
I have been following (with much amusement) various threads about cables and tweaks where some claim "game changing improvements" and other claim "no difference". My take is that if you can hear a difference, there must be some difference. If a device or cable or whatever measures exactly the same it should sound exactly the same. So what are your opinions on what those differences might be and what are we NOT measuring that would define those differences?
@erik_squires ...I experience that same (wrote 'sane' 1st, but applicable..*L*) with my omnis' if I'm in a 'surround' situation....HTF is expected, and I like to play with it as I'm able.... It would seem as if that could have a handle one could grip with ongoing digital advances....but the 'trad crowd' will freak over that.... ;) |
After treading through the various forum posts re cables for the various uses we apply them to, be it amp>speakers, source>pre, pre>amp, et all..... It still seems to me that the 'better' one's equipment is, or is in one's perception of what is played in the environment that it is done in... ...that what one experiences is a very subtle form of eq. One may purport that cable Q is superior in their instance, while for others they stink in relation to cable R...or F...or whatever. Granted, I've not had the pleasure to experience personally such gratifications beyond the occasional 'listening sesh'...in an entirely different space with equipment I've no personal experience with to any great degree. In short: If your boat floats better, have at it. Tell us about it; those who can indulge obviously may do so to whatever degree desired. I've not heard every conceivable combination of equipment in one space that would allow for a critical opinion that would hold up under any and all scrutiny. Not likely to, either. So it comes down to pleasing oneself to whatever level one desires to take it to. If one wants to regard me as a nasty narrow-minded jade...I'm good with that. Been called worse...mostly on the highway, when a Focus keeps showing up in front of your Porsche in the other lane you didn't take.... ;) |
