Mnyb;683236 Wrote: > New ideas are very welcome :) > > But the typical audiophool "ideas" are not new. > And if they are, they top the old ones in sheer improbality *sigh* and > are usually rubbish too, like we need yet another powercable etc... > > 99.88% of them can be given a blanket statement "yes you are hearing > things in your head" meaning bias or placebo etc and nothing is happen > in reality, or what happening is below the threshold of what we can > hear. > > EE and audio is quite mature incremental improvement is possible . > > What can shook things up are things like squeezeboxes that gives a > completely new way to enjoy music, this is the future no more discs. > And similar paradigm shifting stuff. > > Also good quality at lower prices , that would be news , but in > audiophilia the silly price is a part of the product, but I love stuff > that tries to break the mold here to . > > Audiophiles don't like new ideas either the want old ones rehashed over > again like set tube amps and other anachronism of yesteryear. > > Example active speakers are superior to passive speakers, yet almost no > audiophile uses them and there is way to few of them to be a good > selection :-/ (if no one buys no one sells ) but the pros have been > using them since 60-70s
do you know Squeezebox is a computer, do you know the server runs on a computer, do you know computers can be tweaked, this is a whole new area which is definately affecting audio performance and is definately not mature. I notice you are not saying 'I have tried these settings and this is my opinion' -- SBGK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SBGK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52003 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92918 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
