highdudgeon;143922 Wrote: > Actually, our ears work pretty much the same. So says my wife, the > doctor. They vary, with age or exposure to excessive sounds, in range > and acuity. I'm 41 and my upper limit is a shade over 14khz. That's > pretty good for someone my age, actually, and a minor miracle, > considering the number of very loud concerts I have attended over the > last twenty-five or so years. By the time I'm fifty, statistically, my > upper limit might be half of that. > > Anyway, that's not the point. The point is that, in fact, we hear the > same things. What differs are our expectations, tastes, etc. These > are qualities of the mind, not the ear. Someone dedicated to rap, say, > might like a system with a grossly exaggerated bottom end. Someone > devoted to the accurate reproduction of high quality classical and jazz > recordings will be attracted to a system that is linear and highly > precise. Someone who specifically desires a warmer midrange and gentle > rolling off of the top and especially bottom end (not unattractive with > many recordings) might prefer a tube amp over a solid state amp. And > so on. So: personal expectations lead to realistic choices of > equipment -- most of which, we hope are made by honest manufacturers > who will provide accurate information. > > Case in point: a Rolex or any other fine automatic is akin to a tube > amp: no matter how complicated, it cannot be as accurate as a quartz > watch. This is a given. They are luxury items and they appeal to us > for reasons that can vary from a collector's interest to aesthetic > enjoyment to, well, desire for a status symbol. However, they don't > pretend to be the most accurate watches in the world. They are COSC > certified and that means they function within certain published > parameters. My Explorer II is +1-3 seconds a day. That means that it > is off, assuming I keep it wound, by upwards of 15 minutes a year. A > $15 casio can do better than that. So, do I own it because, to me, to > my eyes, to my sense of time, it is more accurate? Of course not. It > is equally not accurate to everyone. However, I like it, so I own it. > > I'm a dedicated solid state user and value equipment that is highly > transparent and accurate. However, one of the nicest-sounding pieces > of gear I've heard in the last couple of years is the McIntosh MA-2275. > If you call Mc and talk to Chuck Hinton, their technical rep, he'll > tell you in a heart beat that it is not as accurate as the solid state > stuff...it is for people who want a certain kind of sound. > > Make sense? I'm not flaming anyone here...just trying to be clear and > to draw what I think are some useful analogies.
excellent post..................................now, how about that transporter lavry comparison?.........................pretty please? -- tomjtx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28368 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
