ralphpnj;684944 Wrote: > Wow calm down there Mnyb, high end audio equipment is still being > designed by highly qualified and very competent individuals. Not sure > about all cables but many of the high priced cables are quite well made > even if one doesn't agree with their high cost. > > Sure some people get carried away with tweaking and trying to squeeze > that last ounce of performance from their stereo system but they by no > means make up the majority of the high end audio buyers. I'm sure > pretty that if we set up a poll we would that a majority of the members > do not believe a lot of these audio myths, oh wait we can't do polls on > this forum so I guess it can never really be proven which then makes it > 100% true simply by believing it, based on audiophile approved out of > the box thinking. God, I just love being an audiophile.
I think a have a piont seriusly, actually look at any hifi mag read what the mfg claims about the products some design considerations are clearly inspired of this kind of thinking for example bi-wiring or triwirng terminals on speakers silver speaker binding posts , you have very over engineered chassis as some believes in "mechanical grounding" or some such nonsense . And all the tube gear , any modern OP surpase those for small signals and for power amps the high distorsion and transformer coupling ? Don't get me started on 3w single ended triode amps with 5% thd and no ability to drive speakers that isnusually explained away with that itnis something " wrong " with modern multiway speakers ? There are also some very poorly performing solid state stuff due to overbelief in no feedback designs or some other obscure detail that preocopy the designer. Or early musical fidelity stuff before the current sometimes very well designed stuff, where crossover distorsion and high thd was on the menu even if it was " class A" , aha the class A myth migth have been valid at some piont with silicon from the 60's - 70's not as linear as todays trannies. you mean they really know thier stuff, but are complete cynics and designed to met target audience expectations , clearly believ target audience wont regognise sq if it bit them in thier behind ? they may actually have the formal training and some design skills but do they really understand ? Just like some doctors can make it trough med shool and open practice but still believ in healing ? Or like some people both you and i know from shool that actually passed exams in both basic physics and nature subject but still believes in strange stuff that counter this education ? i think hi end would be a lot cheaper and perform better if more objective thinking went in to it. Thats the piont, and the belief that is must be expensive to be any good is also most damaging. The high prices have other explanations too this is high risk bussiness what if the audiophile read the latest hifi+ and sudenly wants another cult object this year you must plan for this and charge for the meager years next time your product is the winner ? -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92918 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
