geoffkait
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| What is wrong with audiophiles? A lot apparently depends on whether the listeners in question have been vetted by the AES sub committee on standards and practices. Besides, I’m not sure I have any confidence in the listeners’ levels of confidence. Furthermore, now this is import... | |
| Vinyl / Digital / and can you have too much information. Streaming is not a done deal as I understand it. Isn’t uncorrected CD on a decent uncorrected CD player still better? If not, at what point will CD be better than streaming? After CD treatment? After isolating the player? After treating the player... | |
| The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase For any audio gadget or thingamabob the assessments are split right down the middle 50-50. OK, you want examples? Fair enough! The Tice Clock, Nordost Cables, AntiCables, Mpingo disc, LS3/5a speakers, Wilson speakers, AudioQuest Cables, cables wit... | |
| The science of opinion ... asvjerry@erik_squires "Psych ’O Stuff"....*whew* That’ll be good for about a dozen pages....After getting through equipment choices, cars, homes, spouse vs. ’trophies’ (implant variants should be avoided @ all costs), toothbrushes....The edges of ... | |
| The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase Uh,oh, someone’s butt is still sore. Calm down Mr. Eels. | |
| The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase German is my seventh language. | |
| The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase One of the worst sounding systems it’s been my displeasure to hear belonged to the no. 1 oboist for the National Symphony Orchestra. Gorgeous 💰 💰Cello piano black 8’ speakers, all 💰 💰Cello electronics and $20,000 worth of room treatment. There are... | |
| How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog? Exactly! Assume the same room. I guess we should assume attention is given to isolation, RFI/EMI, too. It’s difficult or maybe impossible to have a level playing field. | |
| The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase Sprechen sei Deutsche? 🤡 I have heard a best system. Few have. Very few. That’s because I’m the no. 1 audio insider. | |
| Vinyl / Digital / and can you have too much information. As per usual you conveniently side-stepped by comments. That’s called a logical fallacy, remember? Bit perfect? Yeah, right! Lots of laughs! That’s exactly how CDs have always been marketed, Perfect Sound Forever! Hooray for Reed Solomon Codes!! T... | |
| Vinyl / Digital / and can you have too much information. You’re certainly not getting all of the information that’s on CDs. The reason is because of scattered laser light interference, mechanical vibration of electronics and the vibration and flutter of the CD itself whilst spinning. There are other rea... | |
| The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase I was trying to point out that what you said has no meaning. You’re just being argumentative. | |
| The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase Mr. Eels It must emote. Ha ha! That’s priceless! | |
| The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase atdavid, My point is how do you know when you’re hearing very good sound? It’s all VERY relative. AND SUBJECTIVE. There is no “absolute sound” so all you can really say is it sounded very good to you. What you think is “very good sound” might well... | |
| The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase atdavidI haven't heard any "best" system, but I have heard a lot of very good systems. They all had qualities I liked, but where one excelled in one area, others excelled in other areas.When I am on my death bed, though, there is one thing I am ab... |