highdudgeon;158363 Wrote: > > 1. You post about your music experience, your audio experience, what > drives you in this hobby, what brings you to Slim Devices, etc. > I'm not aaudio engineer or anything like that, although I have a degree in Applied Physics and have studied acoustics and solid state physics. My first job was actually in electronics, but now I'm a CTO of a new company developing consumer products (not competing with Slim by the way!) I know a fair bit about embedded software, 3D and multimedia as well as Internet site development. I also used to do robotics and games.
I was into music from my teens and have a pretty decent collection of singles and LPs from the 70's to show for it (Sex Pistols on EMI, early Stiff and of course the obligitory Iggy and New York Dolls LPs.) I also used to be a bit of a plank spanker, although I stupidly sold my Strat in the 70's to buy a HiFi - sorry to all your audiophiles out there, but it was a bad swap. I picked up guitar again about five years ago and now have a couple of electrics (Suhr, Gibson) and an acoustic. I got a SB2 after a recommendation and getting fed up with all those CD cases lying around the place. I don't see that mentioned often on these forums, the sound is great, but it also clears up a whole load of mess from the listening area. highdudgeon;158363 Wrote: > > 2. You post about your current, past, and future (hopefully!) rigs. > Discuss your room, speaker placement, cables, whatever. > My gear reflects a fairly simple approach to HiFi, no fancy cable, classic looks and a neutral performance. I have a Pink Triangle turntable which I bought new in 1978, Copland CD and hybrid Amp and currently running some old Rega speakers - they're next for an upgrade, hopefully to some Anthony Gallo's. Prior to that I had Naim Nait 2 (actually I still have it) and a Transcriptors deck, looked wonderful, but the PT was so much better sounding. highdudgeon;158363 Wrote: > > 3. Say something about your audio philosophy. For example, do you > believe in blind testing or not? Why? > Never bothered with blind testing for my own choices - if it sounds good to me, that's all I care about. I like to compare gear with my own fave test CDs, currently they are "Vaughan Browsers - Family Style", "Persuasions - Man, oh Man", "Yello - Stella" and "Eric Bibb - Spirit and the Blues". I've just added a new one to the list "Rodrigo y Gabriella", some Mexican thrash metal flamenco. Where I do believe blind testing has a place is proper reviewing, as do measurements as they usually provide evidence for what is heard. My reason is simply that those people have the power to influence people's purchases and therefore should accept the responsibility to carry out thorough evaluation of technology. My view on modders is that they definitely have a place, although some of the pseudo science seriously detracts from the credibility of the scene and I personally have some qualms about after market changes affecting long term safety of products (I would doubt that many of the small concerns have got the means or facilities to do long terms soak testing or critical electrical safety testing). For your own home, just buy what you like. highdudgeon;158363I Wrote: > > 4. Say something about what brings you to the forum and what you hope > to get out of it. > I came here to learn about the SB from real users before buying it, now I stay here because I enjoy chewing the fat with interesting people. I'd love a transporter, I don't care much for the looks, but it is the best component out there for networked music playback. If only it had a better remote! -- CardinalFang ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
