russj Wrote: > Isolation makes no difference to the sound in the real world (turntables > excluded for obvious reasons). It might do in a dedicated listening > room or in a lab, but in the real world its just not worth it. The > differences if any are so minute that they are not worth striving for. > I've been there with my audiophile hifi which i've slimmed down to just > amps speakers and a squeezebox. All the expensive cables, CD transport > and DAC, milimetere perfect positioned speakers and accoustic damping > have bit the dust. Some of the things we audiophiles do to try and > improve the sound quality is crazy, and when you find yourself testing > music between different cables, or blue-tac under the speakers vs £150 > titanium cones, desperately trying to detect a difference, well it > smacks of psychological instabillity to me. I decided to listen to the > music intead of being obsessed by sound quality. When it comes down to > it, audio equipment doesnt need tuning, its great out of the box. Just > find a setup you like the sound of and get on with enjoying your music.
Well, I guess we don't need an "Audiophile" forum, after all ;) -- ezkcdude ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20838 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
