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| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? So I'm really having trouble with what exactly is the definition of critical listening, this what OP asked in original post. Some state that listening to the sound of one's system is critical listening, this inferior to a mode where one transc... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? Being that humans are social creatures comparison and competitiveness always waiting in the wings. And success in the material world measured by the value of one's material wealth and possessions. So one must surmount much and remain mindful in or... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? @mihorn I don't get how you'd NOT appreciate and/or listen to the sound of your system if it's pleasing to the ear. For instance I cannot listen to my system without marveling at the way performers are presented with these uncanny three dimensiona... | |
| Brain Farts w/ Roon Nucleus Seems you've had some good advice. RAM is important with large libraries and Roon complex interface, I use enterprise level RAM in my custom server as its extremely reliable and less prone to errors. I also run throttled here, no dsp, volume leve... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? Mostly I can't compare many of my components to others as many are custom builds or highly modified. I don't even understand comparisons in many cases as our systems, rooms, ears so unique, difficult to apply a single reference to anything. I... | |
| When using a power conditioner, why is it advised to run amps directly to the wall? No doubt the power supply within amps is critical, first thing I look at with amps, only use monoblock amps at this point. I want both to virtually equal what I see in stereo amps, look at filtering and supply. Your amp should be quiet with this... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? At one time I had this romantic system, totally drawn to the music, and then at some point I became aware I was only listening to certain types or recordings. This probably went on for a year or so prior to this awareness. So I started listening t... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? @emergingsoul Absolutely, perhaps audiophiles by nature are more critical than the average person. Who the hell cares about sound quality anyway, really pretty silly in the whole scheme of things. | |
| When using a power conditioner, why is it advised to run amps directly to the wall? I demo'd many over the years through lending library at Cable Company, didn't find a single one that didn't limit current to some extent, this includes passive and active. This also compared to my own BPT 3.5 Signature witch has a massive Plitron ... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? Sound vs music or is it sound and music. Sound vs music means are we most focused on the either the sound or music, sometimes the sound most stimulates our senses other times the music. What is most salient vacillates at times for me, responsibil... | |
| Brain Farts w/ Roon Nucleus Prior to my present relatively sophisticated streaming setup I used a series of modified Mac Minis, the last ran just fine with Roon and huge library of rips and streams. I was running a stock cpu, both Core and Endpoint on the mini. I did have a ... | |
| Brain Farts w/ Roon Nucleus Another possible issue some having with Roon may be due to the constant updates being made. I've no doubt, just like with operating systems, each update may be one step closer to making our present streamers obsolete. As for the updates, som... | |
| Does Anybody Remember Rocket Speakers? Prior to this there was the Perpetual Technology 'thing'. I bought into the whole concept, dsp possibility for all speakers was going to be a reality, never happened. On the other hand, Dan Wright and my own diy mods brought that stack up to very ... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? A critique may state the issue, analysis attends to the issue. My biggest issue is with the claim listening purely for the music is the highest/best mode or goal of the audiophile. How can this be when the very essence of this hobby/obsession... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? Critical thinking and analytical thinking are being conflated here. I like the analogy to critical thinking, this should be a stimulating, intense exercise. Lets think about a critique, a critique doesn't have to be judgemental, it can be simple a... |