mahgister

Responses from mahgister

If you were serious about sound you would...
i dont trust anyone who speak about good sound and cannot improve  a lot any speakers room performance... I dont trust people who propose branded name instead of acoustical, electrical and mechanical solutions... purchasing an upgrade is useless... 
The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same?
Dac is a mature technology now... I bought 4 basic very different low cost dac... Each one serve in my 2 system now at the right place for the right job...Each one is different not only in sound but in possibilities... I dont need any COSTLY dac... 
Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers?
if i could had listen before buying i would have done it... I dont propose statistical analysis of users are the only and main tool to choose component... Seeing them and listening them in some context is important... For example my last purcha... 
Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers?
Some reviewers are interesting personnalities... But we cannot buy some component based on one or two reviewers...Even those we appreciated... Myself i picked average users opinion in a statistical take and reading under the line...It is the rea... 
If you were serious about sound you would...
Thanks for your interesting story...It is moving and well written... I dont get it though  if we speak about jazz and classical... I am serious about sound... But i have read about acoustic and i experimented with it... You want to make your w... 
One key to building great systems over time.
Upgrading is useless in many cases and may induce you on the wrong direction even and especially if you pick a better component 😁...Beware... Why ? Because you will think wrongfully reinforced in the idea by a better upgrading purchase that in a... 
One key to building great systems over time.
Am I wrong? You are right... I bought Sansui alpha and never look back... I tried to upgrade it with one of the top tubes headphone amplifier in the market one month aGO , it cost me a almost the cost of my actual system in return fees and as... 
One key to building great systems over time.
It is possible to build an audiophile system at low cost with the right synergy between components and acoustic knowledge , not without it.... I know because i had it.... I put 6 modifications on basic low cost speakers that now beat any headpho... 
Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers?
Steve Huff seems down to earth for me... I will check Andrew Robinson then .. 😊    
Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance
The pursuit of resolution for its own sake is not the road to go at all ... Synergy between components and acoustic optimization go toward musicality : which is details and relaxed sound at the same time as put it very well by atmasphere... 😊 I ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Trombone can be fascinating soloist... I learned it slowly... Steve Turre is my favorite for now...😁 Trombone had something coming from the sax and from the trumpet sound, it sound less sensual than sax can be and less intellectual than trumpet ... 
If you were serious about sound you would...
I love the first group and i hate the second group... 😊 There are recording engineers, and then there are recording engineers. The first group should not be confused with the second.  
If you were serious about sound you would...
You are right and i think it is already here... A.I. is a real threat... All tools could be a threat but A.I.  we are not socially ready for that... Corporate power will control it not democracies which anyway exist no more.. Our brains can filt... 
Interesting videos about sounds and music
Why do people hate jazz ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlkhkF3etWo   Rick Beato discuss it and he is himself a pro musician... What struck me here is that the same question can be ask for classical music or any genre out of the commercial m... 
Another Golden Ear test.
Before being perceived in some context, any type of sounds must be learned and we must be trained to it in this context... A locksmith dont tune piano and the reverse is true, pianist dont play with coded padlock...But any of the two can learn th...