Ray70;235224 Wrote: > > The Transporter modification threads amuse me greatly. If the > Transporter is that good, why all this fuss about modifying it? Well, > I'm off to put on my flame proof suit.
For some reason, in relatively recent years, the idea that everything must be modified to work best has become a popular one. Before that, the popular idea was to buy the most expensive brand you could afford (trusting the equipment manufacturer to select the best possible components). Now the boutique component sellers have people buying the most expensive brand of equipment they can afford, then buying the most expensive boutique components they can afford to modify it. Where is all this leading? To the death of high-end audio. People no longer trust even high-end manufacturers to use the appropriate/best parts. Snake-oil salesmen have eroded trust in trust even further, after all, if some little block of wood placed strategically on the corner of an amp can turn it from being just adequate to absolutely mind-blowingly fantastic, what can the engineers possibly know about making audio equipment? The result is that Joe 6-pack thinks high-end is a complete scam and he goes back to Walmart or Radio Shack when he needs a new stereo. It's a shame people as so easily manipulated, but it is a result of people wanting to think the best of others. They don't want to think that the guy selling the $500 power cord is lying or even delusional. They want to think that he is a honest person who knows what he is talking about. Finally, if you find the equipment "unexciting", "uninvolving", etc., it is probably because it is doing exactly what it is supposed to- providing flat frequency response with little distortion. Most equipment does these days, even the cheap stuff. Maybe you should try listening to some other music. TD -- tyler_durden ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39093 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
