PhilNYC;216215 Wrote: > I remember not even having to do the A/B switch to identify the > Dodson...that just a few seconds of hearing whichever was playing was > good enough. And you were pretty good at mixing up the selector switch > and volume, so it wasn't predictable at all as to which you were playing > first (for those reading, the volume control on my preamp is a stepped > attenuator, so it's easy to go back and forth precisely on volume > settings). So the level-matching was not so critical...
darrenyeats;216204 Wrote: > > You imply there was no difference, but I note you stop short of > actually saying that. I wasn't implying that, actually. I really don't know if there was a difference - to me, any difference which might have been there was masked by the (rather significant) volume mismatch. Phil disagrees, but since we didn't really do the test I think the best we can say is it was inconclusive. darrenyeats;216204 Wrote: > > To be fair, that's putting words in my mouth. I am stating my opinion, > which is that people could do better and they should audition allegedly > better alternatives. > > > > So I advise an audition, and am criticised for it by opaqueice. You buy > the Transporter without an audition, and then side with him in this > little bun fight. Attacked from all sides, I am. :-) > > I do believe in blind testing, by the way. > Darren OK, since you said that last bit, I'll go easy on you :-). I'm certainly not opposed to the idea of auditioning a TP, especially if you compare it blind to the SB (that's absolutely essential in my book, at least if you're financially limited and buying it for the sound quality rather than looks or functionality). I also have no problem with buying a TP just because it MIGHT sound better, or because it looks good. If I were completely happy with my speakers (I'm not) I'd consider it too. But I'm fully with cliveb on the source versus speakers thing. Different speakers sound REALLY different. Same goes for rooms and room placement. But different amps and sources sound almost exactly, if not exactly, the same. So IMO one should first optimize the speakers, and only then look at the rest of the system. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36994 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
