On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 13:33 -0700, nano2nd wrote: > I believe you Pat. So much of the audiophile scene just looks (and > sounds!) like snake oil to me. Or maybe I'm just too darn uncultured!
There does seem to be a lot of snake oil. But a serious stereo can sound wonderful. I can make small groups sound real on my system driven by a SqueezeBox/g. It is fabulous. Bluegrass, small jazz, chamber music, etc. But I can't believe that a full orchestra is in my living room. First, it is way too small to believe, and I think the sound needs real room. It is even possible that a $5000 amp sounds better than a $1500 amp, or that $1000 speaker cables sound better than $14 speaker cables. Maybe not in proportion to the price difference, but I can believe different and maybe better. Of course, a BMW 7 series doesn't get you to and back from the grocery store compared to a Kia. So sometimes illogical decisions can be real -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
