jh901 wrote: > I did not claim to have invented ABX testing. I never claimed to have > an engineering background and I certainly didn't claim to have ever > designed any gear. So, if I dismiss a product based on an understanding > of "science", then you call me out on it. > > I'm amazed that so many of you are so eager to make definitive claims > without having any real experience. It's astonishing, really. Are any > of you interested in improving your current system (beyond speakers and > room)? I am. I have done it over and over for many years. The results > are amazing and they are very real. I didn't buy any of the gear that I > have just for the thrill of swiping a credit card. None of it.
No one is questioning your dedication to obtaining the best possible sound from your audio system and I for one certainly respect your quest for better sound. What we are questioning is your blind faith in so many of these charlatans claiming to be audio experts and the marketing departments of high end audio equipment manufacturers. Sure there are lots of ways to improve the sound of an audio system, all many of us are trying to do is to steer you away from the blind alley and rabbit holes of that constitute so much of high end audio. Audiophile power cords, USB cables, pricy interconnects and speaker wires are all very nice but they do nothing to improve the sound of audio system. Room treatments, proper component matching, speaker placement and even upgrading/updating older equipment are all areas that have the potential to actually improve the sound of one's audio system. Plus there is the added bonus of knowing that most of us on this forum are not trying to sell you something or keep an advertiser happy and therefore do not have any hidden agenda or motives. Remember that many of us where once dyed in the wool audiophiles just like you (a quick look at our equipment lists will bear this out) but over time we started to question some of the claims being made by the audiophile gurus and slowly we began to see things differently. An example of what I'm trying to say is my evolving attitude towards to the headphones I own or would like to purchase. In my "audiophile" days I would get a new headphones and immediately start looking to upgrade the cables. Now I get new headphones and no longer worry about the cables since I pretty the stock cables that came with the Beyerdynamic T1s or the Sennheiser HD800s are quite capable of delivering high quality sound. I am also quite sure that difference between the Beyerdynamic T1 and the Beyerdynamic DT 880s (both of which I own) is vastly greater than say the difference between my ten year old Headroom Desktop Amp and the new Oppo headphone amp. Not that I wouldn't enjoy having a new Oppo headphone amp. So, you see, I don't by a long stretch believe that everything sounds the same, it's just that now I try to focus my attention and money towards things that can and do actually make a difference. All of the above is an attempt to try and help you to understand where many are coming from since you seem o have some trouble understanding our position. And besides I'm really getting tried of all the hostility - from all sides. In end I think that you will find that we are all on the same journey, just a points along that journey. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
