Long time reader, first time poster. I'm a sound engineer from Australia, living and working in Hong Kong.
Recently I've been working with a lot of hifi companies regarding a loudspeaker tuning system and have learnt a lot about audiophiles and the crazy gear available for their systems. Fair enough, some of these components and cables do make a difference to the reproduced sound. But, sound is subjective! Who can determine if the sound is better? There are too many factors that can affect sound reproduction. Another point, pro studios don't use 100% silver cables, DACs vary in quality, sound is recorded at 44.1 or maybe 48 (most of the time). So audiophiles hear more than the engineers who recorded and mixed the tracks? I know about upsampling but really the quality of audio we listen to can only be as food as it was recorded. I'm not having a go at audiophiles either. It is a hobby, and a great one! If I had more money I too would like to buy and try different pieces of gear as I simply love music and listening to great systems. There's no point arguing about DACs, speakers,cables or whatever - you don't hear what I hear - sound is subjective. Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using Tapatalk 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lachy.au's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56745 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95757 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
