In their defence, though, hi-fi is a subjective thing. Certainly there's a correlation between measurable parameters and perceived sound quality, but I don't think too many people choose their expensive setups with an oscilloscope rather than their ears.
Similarly, I don't think anyone can say they have no credibility because they choose to use Black Sabbath as a test track. Don't heavy metal fans get a vote too? Personally I couldn't give a stuff how a system sounds with jazz or classical - if it doesn't reproduce dark electro and industrial music with clarity, depth, power and aggression then it's no good to me. Plaintive cries about how smooth, relaxed or refined it is will fall (metaphorically speaking) on deaf ears - choosing music to suit the equipment is the tail wagging the dog. That's one thing that makes me wary of spending a small fortune on a Transporter without hearing it first - that its much applauded improvements in sound won't actually translate into something I prefer listening to. My Denon DVD-2900, for example, sounds too polite and smooth through its internal DAC - so instead I connect it digitally to my Yamaha DSP-A1, through which it rocks. So does my Squeezebox, also connected digitally, so unless I prefer the sound of the Transporter through its analogue outputs, it would be a waste of money. -- AndyC_772 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AndyC_772's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10472 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33276 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
