cd318
Responses from cd318
| The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity! @whostolethebatmobile, yes some form of distinction of accuracy needs to be found but ‘High End’ is obviously flawed (despite what Robert Harley may have written) as it usually suggests that high price equates to high performance. That is just not... | |
| (Brutally) Honest Audio Reviews Love the speaker reviews and the way they separately evaluate individual components of sound as well as the whole.The best bit is the way they take no prisoners and tell it like they see it - I can imagine more than a few hostile emails heading th... | |
| What was your first big eye opener with regard to audio? First good experience was hearing Blood on the Tracks played via a Rega/Mordaunt Short bookshelf system way back in ‘83 - oh how I scoffed when someone said student days were the best! It wasn’t exactly realistic (not enough low end for a start) b... | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? Music running out of gas? Could be!Every Art form has its day I guess. Just look how many post 2000 films make it into the Sight and Sound all time top 50. Where would the film industry be today without superheroes...?Basically, the mainstream mus... | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? @mindlessminion, yes eShopping is a force to contend with. The face of UK retail has been transformed in the past 2 decades by it. Electrical outlets have been decimated by its onslaught.And its not done yet.Its also fair to say that audiophiles a... | |
| What Sonically is the Difference between a $1,500 CD Player and a $10K-$25K One? Whichever way you look at it, the "loudness wars" are a huge reason to think carefully before investing in another CD player. Listen to a recording like West Side Story (original Broadway cast, Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence Chita Rivera etc) and much... | |
| What Sonically is the Difference between a $1,500 CD Player and a $10K-$25K One? In terms of measurable distortion? Nothing. And its been that way for decades. After some 30 years of using various CD players my two personal favourites were also the least expensive. Not necessarily because of their sound more likely because of ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Driving down to ASDA (Walmart UK) this following lyric (courtesy of Rod Stewart) came on over the radio. I was almost induced to tears, especially by the following lines,"I can tell by your eyes that you've probably been crying foreverThe stars in... | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? Here in my town we had only one dealer left following the collapse of the Sony franchise here in the Midlands. That was until a couple of weeks ago, when all of a sudden they too were gone -without much of a fanfare or even a closing down sale.Sur... | |
| Our Responsibility "What is it that we can do to share and expand our interest and hobby, and this special love of music, with others?"1 Demonstrate that it is fun and worth all the trouble and expense.2 Expose the all too many snake oil salesmen (yes, it’s usually ... | |
| Do you have to be “in the mood?” @rvpiano, unfortunately it sounds as if you're still held in the throes of audiophilia. I'd like to think I'm out of that bag now, the message has become far more important than the medium for me in recent years. Certain songs never fail to evoke ... | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? @mahgister, good for you that you have found some useful tweaks. I can't recall a single tweak that came up from the user community that has been universally accepted by the industry - although spiking and isolation got close. However, in any cas... | |
| Our Responsibility "Put these people in front of something real and legitimate that legitimately moves them and they do not forget." | |
| Our Responsibility @kosst_amojan, great initial post. Well worth a second read."This hobby has something in common with religion. Denial of reality. Just like religion, this is a dying hobby, and plenty of folks want to deny it along with the reasons it's dying. I'v... | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? Great posts Dr Glupson, if I may say so. Unfortunately your patient may be beyond the words of reason. Still, I'm sure many of us here would wish you the very best of luck in your endeavours.Anyway, back to the subject in hand, how about audiophil... |