drmatt wrote: > Not "avoid", just don't have contacts who could help me achieve that > locally. Where do you start? Have you done a proper ABX test to see if > you can tell the difference? How did you arrange that? Getting it right > is hard and I don't think you learn anything if it isn't done right. So > it would be a long process, and one which I guess I'm not keen to kick > off right now due to kids and work and everything else. Doesn't mean I > don't have an opinion and that I don't have a right to express an > opinion based on what I have experienced so far. > > I ask you in return, what is the nirvana you are looking for? A single > "standard" audio manufacturer and no-one ever asks for something > different? No room for variance, no room for trying things out and > letting people learn for themselves? What exactly is the goal in your > view? > > I've said a few things in the last few weeks which were entirely true - > to my perceptions. Some of them may well be wrong in fact, but I didn't > come up and declare myself to be arbiter of the truth, only sharing my > experiences.
Then just accepts what reasonably can be concluded by others that have done proper ABX . That line level equipment with flat frequency response 20-20kHz with low noise and low distortions ,can't be told apart . Army is sometimes to optimistic :) sadly there is a lot of high end that actually sounds different but not for a good reason. The designers can be caught up in some fad themselfs like no no nfb , tubes , weird filters , passive IV stage etc . I'm right out making an assumption , that hifi should be taken at its original meaning high fidelity . That you want to hear what's on the CD's or in your music files . There are another criteria which makes it still valid and important to choose the rigth equipment . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105572 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
