hilde45
Responses from hilde45
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system Filthadelphia Some of us love Philadelphia. Are you 9 years old and/or just mean? | |
| Getting into the music Beyond technology, I think we need to consider the psychological, even the psychoanalytic. Why? Because the OP understands that he wants to enjoy the music. The question becomes, for me, how have we gotten so wrapped up in the creation of simulati... | |
| Getting into the music @rvpiano This comment caught my attention: Then, when I listen to my main system, I’m somehow expecting better than I perceive it to be and I’m back in hyper-critical mode once more. It’s frustrating. There’s a phenomenon called the "uncanny v... | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? To say the the overall sound was BIG would be accurate, but also I noticed something else, that I typically hear with big speaker systems. Generally, the speakers were right on edge of overloading the room, depending on music, the dreaded bass bo... | |
| Linear Tube Audio Aero DAC @cetla416 I had modified my Orchid as well but when (thanks to @decooney ) I compared it to the Schiit Bifrost 2/64, I realized how much detail I was missing. This was not just a matter of a certain kind of tonality ("clear" or "shimmery" or "brig... | |
| Linear Tube Audio Aero DAC A friend who is an expert repair person and an audio equipment designer made an interesting comment about the details offered so far: "What they don't say makes me notice, there is no mention of how they are handling the USB input, only that it ha... | |
| Linear Tube Audio Aero DAC This is a very interesting entry into the DAC market. I have heard the Linear Tube Audio ZOTL Ultralinear+ amplifier and there's a clarity without harshness to that amp which is what I'd want in a DAC. I recently ditched my MHDT Orchid because I w... | |
| How to get repairs outside of warranty (Really useful journalism for audiophiles.) "Did not work for me at Schiit." What does that mean? | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? @calvinj Perhaps it's because a lot of people hate the rich. Because once people get that rich, something is out of whack. This happened in the French Revolution. I'm not saying that's correct the correct attitude to have. I'm not saying there's... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? @atmasphere "as long as tonality is not induced by distortion, in particular the higher frequencies, then the amp or whatever will be deemed musical." That helps. Thank you for trying again to help get your point across. Let me schematize ... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? @brianlucey is right to say, "Musical is a qualitative term not a quantitative measure." This is right. I'd only add that the presence of quality in our experience can be causally linked to our environment. In this respect, the quantitative m... | |
| How to get repairs outside of warranty (Really useful journalism for audiophiles.) sure thing -- anything which cuts down on "panicky passengers", right? ;-) | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? @atmasphere First, I’d like to say that it’s a privilege to exchange ideas with you. I admire your work, your intellect, and your ability to express ideas clearly. We are at an impasse which is well known in philosophy -- it is a 2000 year impa... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? @atmasphere No, what I described is based on rules of human perception, which encompasses all people....What you are describing is ’taste’. I thought when people used the term "musical" it was to make a value judgment about the sound being pr... | |
| Maybe the Journey is Over?........Well...... @baclagg Very cool. I am not trying to send you down the upgrade path, but as many experienced audiophiles have told and shown me, the source is really critical in making or breaking a system. The Hegel’s all-in-one integrated is very nice, but at... |