ralphpnj wrote: > Good points. However there are more similarities with audio than you > think. For example different grapes could be analogous to different > types of amplification, i.e. solid state versus tube, and different vats > to different types of speakers, i.e. dynamic versus planar. > > Also the type of glass used in wine drinking often has a strong > influence on way the smell of the wine reaches one's nose, which in turn > has a strong influence on the taste of the wine. In any case, I prefer > Styrofoam cups.
Surely the wine is the CD you bring home from the shop, or the file you download from a record company? And thinking about it more, there is no real analogy with a hifi system, because wine is capable of being directly experienced by the human senses, whereas the pits on a CD, or the grooves of an LP, or the bits in a PCM file, require further processing to be turned into a human-consumable form. Good point about the glass - at least 4 of the 5 senses are in use with wine, and it is, I think, impossible to separate them (sight could be removed from the equation, but the colours in a glass of wine are a minor sensory treat in themselves). Styrofoam cups? They seem to have disappeared from Europe. I used to chew the edge... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13460 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98740 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
