mlsstl wrote: > I gather in your dictionary, "revealing system" has a solid definition > that conveys a clear meaning well understood by a wide audience? Please > share it with us. > > However, that's contrary to my experience. It's one of those ephemeral > audiophile catch-phrases with no consistent meaning, that is mostly used > as a insult, well passed its prime, to declare one's superiority over > another.
Actually, 'revealing system' indeed has a solid definition, so there is absolutely no need to try and relativize it and 'subjectivize' it. It is quite easy to compare two audio systems and provide quantifiable metrics as to why is one system more revealing than the other. The whole thing boils down to one aspect -- how quiet the system under study is. The noise that the system unavoidably generates while working can be measured and can be quantified, after which those metrics can be plotted and compared. So when SBGK is talking about a 'revealing system', he is referring to his system which he had built to be as quiet as possible, given the constraints. He can definitely compare his system to some other system, and can prove it to you that one of the two systems is more revealing. There is no mystery to it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94855 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
