Archimago;687200 Wrote: > Many times in magazines like Stereophile, you see John Atkinson measure > something poorly yet the subjective evaluator gives it an A for sound. > > Have you seen cases of definite fantastic measurements of the usual > parameters (eg. Flat freq response, low distortion, great noise floor) > whether it be DAC, speakers, CDP, etc. but where the equipment > decidedly sounds bad (not due to user error)?
Quad 33/303... Very soggy sounding to me, no guts. OK so that was quite a while ago... any CD player made by Sharp or JVC or Technics... They all had eye melting top ends... Most B&W bookshelf speAkers... Soulless and uninvolving to me... Also most Naim gear makes me flinch (not the stuff in the last 5 years or so though ) -- 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/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - 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,VdH Toslink,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=93320 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
