regalma1;176982 Wrote: > After reading the thread on what the goal of audio reproduction is I was > reminded of a question I have thought about a bit over the years. > > We've probably all heard of the audiophile who spends a fortune on > equipment and listens to nothing but sound effects. Then I am reminded > of an article I read in Audio mag (that ages me) in which the author > defined an audiophile as someone who spends far more money on their > recording collection than on their equipment. > > That seems to cover the two extremes. > > How many of us have heard systems that had all the Hi Fi credentials > but sounded horrible. I would put Theil speakers in that category. > Great soundstage, very clean and crisp and treble that consists of > fingernails on a chalkboard (oops aged myself again). > > I think I fall into the "the music comes first group". > > Would you rather listen to mediocre music on a fabulous system, or > great music on a mediocre system?
Let's put it this way: I would never listen to music I didn't care for just because it sounded good. However, sometimes a good sounding piece is much easier to like than a crappy production. -- P Floding No, I didn't ABX it. And I won't even if you ask me. (Especially not if you ask me.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32378 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
