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| Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room Take a look at/read the reviews and comparison on, the PS Audio Direct Stream DAC, at $6k. https://www.psaudio.com/products/directstream-dac/ Congrats on your new system! ~Rich | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @newbee Yep, I don't doubt the resistance, or that you are correct in your assessment of what people want to be told to know or accept. On my assessment of equipment in the OP, you are correct in that my experience with them (EAD or Dynaudio) is ... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @oldaudiophile Wonderfully stated. I'm one of those that fits your quote of "The ultimate objective of an ideal system, which everyone claims to want but nobody likes when he hears it", by being that person that actually wants to hear it.. the er... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @erik_squires If I knew how to post a big thumb up on this forum, you'd be seeing a big thumb up instead of reading my jibberish. LOL. Thanks for your reply. Again...appreciated. | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @jeffseight Awesome! So here's my thought. Coordinating this will initially be complicated, especially on this forum. So give me a day or two to throw together a proposal of how we would proceed, which I'll post here. Then we can all edit th... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @scowler1 You and I have held dear the same definition of 'neutral' ... "true to the source". Yet, I think this thread is making apparent that the term 'neutral' is used in at least two different ways in the audio community, which means we ofte... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @lanx0003 Loving your input, and seriously laughed out loud at, "There is another jargon for you guys. What does "organic" sound mean?" Oh man... I am so not going there. lol. | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @jeffseight Seems at least 3 of us have the parallel thought that the industry needs an encyclopedia of its own to guide the use of how terms are used, and their intended meaning. I'd say if 3 of us have voiced that here (inlcuding @newbee ), t... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @newbee lol...seems we both hit the same exact thought of needing a manual of terminology guidelines from a recognized and commonly acceptable authority in the industry. I nominate Steve Hoffman. Any one here have access to Steve’s ear? I used to... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @erik_squires You are correct ... no one has a sound like the master recording. I chose my wording poorly in that regard. Better stated would have been to say, the source recording of what was being played, ie, SACD, LP, Radio, etc. | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @ghdprentice Thank you! I’ve done all of what you suggested, also for about 4 decades. I’ve also noticed the change of meaning in terms over those decades, including neutral and warm. I agree with you spot on, about the change of the term ’warm’. ... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? Hi @newbee . Unfortunately you’ve misinterpreted the vast majority of what I was saying in my post. To bring clarity for all, here follows. I didn’t want to drag on so long that no one wants to read my examples. I’m very familiar with the EAD Powe... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @russ69 @nekoaudio Perfect responses that make my point. Thank you. Both of you, as enthusiasts or audiophiles, speak directly yet eloquently to what you believe 'neutral' to mean. Yet both of you have a different answer. One understanding t... | |
| Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room On different speakers you plan to audition, which you asked for input on: KEF - Ofcourse they're voiced somewhat different than Paradigm, but they are the same market target... fast, detailed, good air, great soundstage. I haven't auditioned KE... | |
| Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room We have a lot in common, except I'm not a newbie. I'm a long time Paradigm owner, and have been an audiophile since the age of 12, back in the late 70s. Spoiled by my older brother's system he brought home from the Navy. Been round and round the... |