Here's some advice Mitchell J. Stein. Instead of posting on public boards about spending over $50k for your listening pleasures, how about paying your current debts? That MGM judgment alone is $1 million against you and all the others are mounting. Your name is popular on search engines, Mitchell J. Stein. The whole ipod talk, the bragging of money you spend, the doberman avatar, and the lying about your fitness was a dead giveaway.
Mitchell J. Stein;364902 Wrote: > I am an audiophile from the 70s. While I haven't lost my shape or my > athleticism, apparently I have lost everything I knew about rock 'n > roll sound from the 70s. In the 70s, it was about total harmonic > distortion, bandwidth, and power. Now, it is about DAC, soundcards, > and . . . somehow . . . tubes. Tubes predated the stuff I learned in > the 70s! So, somebody has got to help. > > I have a very simple question, and I'm not going to bore you with the > background of why I'm asking the question. I have homes, home > theaters, family rooms, old klipsche speakers, bose 901 series III and > the rest of it. > > But I also have a small office that I call "my own" and that is from > where I am typing this post. In the office, I have a kick-ass computer > with a huge screen next to my face. I also have a 56 inch Phillips > television. > > Now, my problem. I got talked into buying a Logitech 5500 and have it > hooked up to the television and the IPOD home dock. The television > sounds great even though DECCO tells me I'm full of ____ and my home > theater guy tells me I'm crazy. As an audiophile (or at least a > "wantabee" audiophile, or a rusty one), I use my ears. The 5500 -- > even though it is cheap and filled with plastic -- sounds just fine in > this room when played through the television. > > However, the IPOD home dock sounds good only on SOME rock 'n roll > songs. On others, it sounds HARD, ONE DIMENSIONAL, IMPERSONAL and not > like the old ADVENTS I used to run against my 1968 "tube" McIntosh > amplifiers 30 years ago. So, what to do? Do I spend $40,000 and > re-tube the joint alongside all this computer equipment? Three > "experts" have told me "yes." Others have told me I am "challenged". > And, then, there are the few new folks (all below the age of 25) who > have told me to forget the tubes, forget DECCO, forget Panasonic and > just get the squeezbox and that it will not only CONTROL MY THEATER, MY > BEDROOM, MY FAMILY ROOM, MY KITCHEN, MY STUDY AND EVERYTHING ELSE but > that the squeezbox will also blow my mind regarding . . . > > "DAC." > > Is my problem the Z 5500 or the lack of a good DAC connected to my > IPOD? Is the duet a good DAC? What in the world is a DAC and why is > so important? Why should I be able to pay $500 for a Z5500 and get > great sound just because I bought a duet? Isn't that violative of all > the laws regarding tubes, signal to noise ratio, bandwidth, total > harmonic distortion, etc., et al.? > > Now, my second problem. If the duet really does the trick and bypasses > the problem of my IPOD not having the proper DAC, then why am I not just > buying the Transporter? Wouldn't the Transporter make this $500 Z5500 > blow away anything else I could play in this very small (600 square > feet) personal office? If DAC is so important, why am I not buying the > Transporter for my personal office -- and a bunch of duets for the rest > of the house (the rest of the house has tremendous equipment; athena > speaker systems; powerful power amps; expensive integrated amps, etc.)? > I am just upset because I have these very inexpensive Z5500 speakers > and I kind of like the sound off of the TV. So, if the sound is good, > why am I going to do something else? > > Does the Transporter even have anything to do with DAC? Does DAC have > anything to do with final "sound" or with my emotions upon hearing the > sound, if the end player is merely the Z5500 which boasts a paltry "10% > total harmonic distortion" (I am sophisticated enough to realize that > digital "has no distortion" so 10% is a false figure -- but, still 10% > seems very high doesn't it?)? > > Please just tell me: > > A. Should I throw the Z5500 away? I like the way it sounds through my > TV, but I can't stand the IPOD sound on SOME SONGS ONLY (e.g., it > "rocks" with "Dazed and Confused" but sounds terrible -- like an old > a.m. transistor radio -- on "Jailhouse Rock"). > B. Will the duet "improve" the sound of my ITUNES as it is played > through the Z5500? > C. Are the people at DECCO correct when they say "no DAC makes a > difference if you don't have the old "tubes," "audiophile," "70s > equipment"? This is illogical to me, but I haven't a clue what is > going on at this point given the intrusion of computers, sound cards > and the rest of it into the fray. > D. If the duet is likely to improve this, is it really possible to > make the Z5500 (which costs $500) a "saintly audio system" by using the > Transporter? Can the Transporter "transport" the Z5500 into the next > galaxy? Why? > > I'm sorry for the lengthy post, but I've just ordered one duet and I'm > thinking of getting a Transporter. I'm good with computers, but all > these changes with "sound" have got me completely confused. > > Logitech has a great website, but it never discusses how good or bad > the Z5500 really is when it is coupled with the Transporter. Why the > suspense? Why not just have Logitech state: "The Transporter is meant > only for very high end, expensive, equipment that Logitech does not > make."? You see my confusion. There is a gap in the Logitech website > -- or maybe there is a gap in the Logitech sound systems versus the > "squeezebox" technology. Or, maybe my brain has a gap? Which is it? > > Being obsessive, I'm capable of going out and buying the top of the > line surround sound for my little "heaven room" although -- on TV -- I > like the 5500. How important is DAC? How bad is the 5500? DECCO said > "throw it in the garbage and buy our pre-amp." However, everything > Logitech does has been good for me up to now (my keyboard; my > microphone; my videoset; my house videos; etc), and I decided to go a > different route. My route is this forum. What are your opinions and > experiences? > > Thanks. > > I appreciate your advice. -- Youarecrazy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Youarecrazy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55712 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
