opaqueice;582411 Wrote: > Well I obviously don't agree :D. > > Anyway they are the ones designing audio gear and developing new > technologies for it, so their collective opinion is pretty important. > If you think there's something missing from the approach, they're the > ones you'll have to convince to change it. That's why I think it's a > bad idea when audiophiles obsess over what I believe are irrelevant > details, like differences between DACs, when there are huge glaring > problems like room acoustics, speaker distortion, and dynamic > compression of recordings to deal with. The boy who cried wolf.
I don't think that all sound engineers consider differences between DACs to be irrelevant details. There are engineers out there with a pretty decent balance between their right and their left brain hemispheres, and these are the people who bless us with good products. It is the overtly cerebral types who are ham-fisted and only appreciate the crude, crass factors (such as the room treatment, for example). There are many subtleties to be had in the world of sound reproduction. If I may use one more analogy here (I am aware that my quota for analogies has been spent long time ago): it's like consuming varieties of fine wine. There are infinite nuances and slight differences in how different types of wine, made from different harvests from different regions, taste. An earnest scientist/engineer cannot measure even the first 1% of those nuances. opaqueice;582411 Wrote: > That ought to be able to happen regardless of what kind of system you're > listening to. If you can only enjoy music on some super-audiophile > grade vinyl rig, you've got a big problem. In the right moment, an old > staticy radio can sound magical... Yes, same as when dying of thirst in a sun scorched desert, even a glass of luke warm, muddy water can taste magical, life saving. But why would I willingly go for such extreme conditions, when I'm blessed with optimal conditions for enjoying music right now? -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82520 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
