When you plan your vacations around audio stores to visit.
ozzy
You know you have audiophile system when...
The definition of an audiophile systems is truly unknown, but recently after dabbling with tube rolling, power cables, and interconnects my system achieved a level where its clarity was no longer what grabbed my attention. Instead, I was distinctly hearing the bloom and decay of every note in the music. It’s just a different level that I believe has me listening to music differently. It translates into greater dynamics and voices and instruments having more distinct vibrato characteristics.
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@ozzy hope I am never at that point. That is truly one dimensional. |
Do you ever think that most of it, the adjectives you used to describe your system are nothing more than a concerted effort on your part to hear those things, aspects of sound in a wishful thinking sort of way? Do other people hear the same improvements that you do? Isn’t the newfound bloom and decay in every note a sort of byproduct of the better clarity that you achieved? Here, let me give an example: I purchase a new pair of speakers and my amplifier doesn’t seem up to the task of powering it, I go out and get something else that’s up to the task. Now when I listen to a recording I know well, let’s take my favorite drum solo, "Storm", by Billy Cobham which is short, direct, and to the point. In the 2 or so minutes, there’s this (phase shifting ?) sound processing going on in the recording that I always heard but now because of the better dynamics, punch, and impact of the new amp, this sonic manipulation became something altogether different, really adding to the performance. I then later put back the old amplifier and I hear basically the same improvement but maybe less of it along with less of everything else I just described. I guess my point is that even without the new equipment I can hear these improvements now because I know that they are there now, helped by the more powerful sounding amp to guide me there. I hope that makes some sense. In a way, the new amp made my old amp sound better? |
It is true if someone have no idea about what is the acoustic definition of sound description, not an audiophile one, an acoustic one... When you know what the notion means it is because you know how to create them in an optimal way with the gear you own from your speakers/room/ears relation... Simple... What is listener envelopment/source width ratio and how to create it and improve it in small room? it is a technical question which anser differ in applied solution for each room... No adjectives needed here, machanical acoustic control and passive material treatment balance will do.... I can say my S.Q./price ratio is astounding, this is an adjective only, but the way i reach it with acoustic is what gives meaning to my sentence... I dont trust any reviewer now... They never thanks acoustic but the gear change they are motivated to speak about in the same room for years which is never optimized for a specific system ... Anybody can buy a good amplifier, one he can afford and say it is a marvel... But no amplifier will work marvel in a bad room... Most room if not bad are not acoustically optimal at all not optimized for a specific audio system... Then i trust acoustic and psycho-acoustic over any reviewer which are sellers anyway nothing more...
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