> I remember wondering what audiophiles were up to, buying extremely > expensive home audio systems to play old vinyl records. They put > turntables in sand-filled enclosures with elaborate cabling schemes. I > wondered what they heard in that music that I didn't. Someone explained > to me that audiophiles liked the sound artifacts of vinyl records -- the > crackles of that format. It was familiar and comfortable to them, and > maybe those affects became a fetish. Is it now becoming the same with > iPod lovers?
It's amazing to find out that I spent so much money and many years assembling what I feel is a very good sounding audio system so that I can better hear those "sound artifacts of vinyl records -- the crackles". Silly me, I thought it was because the MUSIC sounded better, as in more like live music. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61160 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
