shadorne
Responses from shadorne
| A New Believer Stops, I never said any of that. I simply took issue with the grossly inaccurate use of "complex load" to describe a few meters of copper wire at audio frequencies. It perpetuates the myth that cables are critical.In our hobby in general, there is... | |
| A New Believer No hyperbole-just scientific facts. Sorry but to call a few meters of copper wire working at analog audio frequencies a complex load is pure hyperbole. And one does not even need a degree in electrical engineering to know this - because it is com... | |
| A New Believer All cables have inductance resistance and capacitance and they are a complex load by any stretch of the imagination. The hyperbole among audiophiles regarding audio cables never ends. The amazing and endless eulogies to mere bits of copper wire.... | |
| are audiophiles different than non audiophiles ? Musicians call it "GAS" - or Gear Acquisition Syndrome (the origin is believed to be Guitar Acquisition Syndrome).Ultimately the love of music and sound manifests itself in a large amount of gear and there is a constant desire to not merely upgrad... | |
| MacBook Pro or Mac Mini as music server Thumbs up on the Mac Mini from me! | |
| are audiophiles different than non audiophiles ? Orpheus, plenty of successful musicians buy high end gear - just look at the user list of many audio equipment manufacturer's. | |
| New Tom Petty I am up North in Canada. Perhaps Steve will head North one day on a drum clinic for Gretsch. I saw a clinic with Dennis Chambers last year with Ndugu Chancler in the crowd. Dennis paid a huge tribute to Ndugu - a real gentleman - and then he proce... | |
| System versus live With the right recording completely live.Tower of Power Soul Vaccination Live "Diggin' on James Brown" is a good example of a really live feel - simply crank it - -totally convincing.Another is George Benson Weekend in LA Live "On Broadway".There ... | |
| New Tom Petty Just saw your name linked to the Tom Petty thread and checked in. Are you a fan? Not a great fan myself but my cousin is in the band - Steve Ferrone (drummer). I have been following your cousin Steve since the days of AWB. I first saw him in 1977... | |
| A New Believer Interesting thread. It seems that even some believers have a limit to what they are willing to accept when it comes to the amazing purported properties of wires.Perhaps there is such a thing as too much marketing hyperbole? | |
| All time favorite speaker cables Home Depot. They were the cheapest and they worked perfectly. | |
| PMC EB1i v. Thiel CS3.7 v. Pioneer S1-EX v. ??? The carbon piston driver is a real winner in his opinion creating very realistic well tuned bass. Like the heat sink on the outside, the flat looking driver is largely a cosmetic effect which helps sell the speaker ("technology" one can "see" help... | |
| PMC EB1i v. Thiel CS3.7 v. Pioneer S1-EX v. ??? 20 Hz via that scary-looking bass driver with the exoskeleton.That is a kind of external heat sink to dissipate heat from the voice coil. The benefits are probably negligible but it looks way cool. | |
| "Best" DAC for a grand or less It appears to be silly to waste more energy on the "accuracy from specifications" nonsense. You are definitely correct from your perspective that "accuracy from specifications" is nonsense - it is also silly for any of us to "fight" about this. H... | |
| A New Believer Some gear will be affected much more than others. The magnitude of difference a cable makes is largely dependent on what it is connectd to. It makes little sense to speak of cables without the specific equipment. Cables are passive. Ideally they s... |