TiredLegs;632012 Wrote: > Fascinating interview. The most level-headed guy I've heard talk about > audio gear in a long time. The most ironic (and potentially > controversial) part was at the end: > > *How do you audition the equipment that you build? Do you do > listening tests at all?* > No, basically I dont do that. I have some Strax [sic] headphones for > some listening, but I dont judge the electronics based on listening > tests. > DOES ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMPANY DO THAT? > No. > SO ITS PURELY AN ENGINEERING PRODUCT? > Yes. > ARENT YOU WORRIED THEN THAT YOURE MISSING SOME PARAMETER THAT YOURE > NOT ABLE TO MEASURE? > There might be, but we try to measure a lot of different parameters. Of > course youre never sure youve covered it all. But so far its worked > out well.
Nothing controversial here... it's JUST engineering, not voodoo. It's not like the problem domain isn't bounded. There's a signal encoded on a CD/in a pcm file - recreate that as accurately as possible as far down the audio chain as you can.... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85280
_______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
