Hello All!
I was getting a bit worried that I was perhaps the only one who had
decided to spit out the Audiophile Kool-Aid, and begin using my own
Common Sense, and Ears with regards to my decades-old affinity to
listening to well-reproduced Music!
Something so simple as careful attention to
Hello All!
I was getting a bit worried that I was perhaps the only one who had
decided to spit out the Audiophile Kool-Aid, and begin using my own
Common Sense, and Ears with regards to my decades-old affinity to
listening to well-reproduced Music!
Something so simple as careful attention to
i must say that about the only time i heard a night and day difference
after an upgrade was the first time i bought good speakers (very musical
2-ways from long dead German company). they were all of $750 at the time
or so.
ever since, i think i have made more or less rational decisions - but
I used to read What Hi-Fi? does that count? ;)
After having to replace the binding post on a speaker I got to see the
wiring inside and realised there was no point buying expensive cable
because KEF certainly don't use expensive cable inside their speakers.
Taking a hearing test I can only hear
Fortunately, my frugal fiscal sense has limited my audiophile
transgression to a two year subscription to Stereophile magazine. Also
helping was the onset of tinnitus 16 years ago and partial hearing loss
in my right ear. I wasn't about to pay for something I would never hear.
Regards,
Bob
Like many others here in the UK, I went through the inevitable Linn/Naim
phase. It got as far as a pair of Naim 135 monoblocks and passive Linn
Isobariks. Then in 1993 I bought a pair of ATC SCM100A active speakers
and was instantly cured. I've still got the LP12 and Naim preamp that I
use for
ralphpnj wrote:
As you said in the early days CD not only were they rather expensive but
many times they sounded quite unpleasant, especially all those poorly
mastered and hastily released CD versions of analog recordings. Heck in
those days the record companies often just digitized the
Mnyb wrote:
Linn is a very good example on marketing on the slightly shady side .
they discovered that the source component was the most important
part of an audio system , while in the beginning they did nothing but
said source component the LP12 :) so now you where to place a
andy_c wrote:
Same here! In fact, I decided to get into EE because of my interest in
the hobby back in the 1970s.
Same here again!
Here are some of my previous blunders:
In the mid 1980s through the early 1990s, I bought:
Linn Sondek turntable
Magnepan MGIII speakers
Upon
Mnyb wrote:
Linn is a very good example on marketing on the slightly shady side .
they discovered that the source component was the most important
part of an audio system , while in the beginning they did nothing but
said source component the LP12 :) so now you where to place a
andy_c wrote:
Smart move getting it used. I bought mine new, and it was really
expensive here in the States, like $550 for the Ittok arm, $850 for the
table, and $600 for the Karma cartridge (stupid choice). At that time,
my record collection was not very big, and in pretty bad shape, so I
Mnyb wrote:
The really stupid part is that I'm a person who should know better being
an electrical engineer ...
Same here! In fact, I decided to get into EE because of my interest in
the hobby back in the 1970s.
Mnyb wrote:
i think my own involvement in the general sceptic movement
Interesting topic Ralph...
Yup... Been there, done that with the Stoplight pen, demagnetizer,
break in CDs, and even the PWB Rainbow Foil. Tried sticking CD in
freezer as well (you know, the poor man's cryo!).
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Thankfully (perhaps) I was still a poor student back when the mania
hit as I
ralphpnj wrote:
So you met my uncle?
Which one?
The pompous ass, or the one picked up for propositioning the undercover
cop to offer sexual services? ;-)
Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective'
audiophile blog.
Archimago wrote:
Which one?
The pompous ass, or the one picked up for propositioning the undercover
cop to offer sexual services? ;-)
They are brothers so I guess you know both.
Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign.
sub
Home Theater: Touch-Marantz
ralphpnj wrote:
Hey wait a minute I also have a Linn LP12 turntable and it WAS one of
the best audio purchases I ever made. Here's why - back in the late
1980s and throughout the 1990s while everyone was busy getting rid of
their LPs and (re)buying everything on CD because of the Linn my
Mnyb wrote:
i think my own involvement in the general sceptic movement actually made
me see the errors in my own ways .
Audiophilia is just a smal part of more general problem . Alternative
medicin and other healt scams are the big ones you have billions of
dollars sunk into these so it's
Mnyb wrote:
People wihtout engineering or scientific background have better excuses
.
Some of the technobabble spouted by audiophile manufacturers have a
plausible ring to it so I understand why people are fooled .
i think my own involvement in the general sceptic movement actually made
Archimago wrote:
Interesting topic Ralph...
Yup... Been there, done that with the Stoplight pen, demagnetizer,
break in CDs, and even the PWB Rainbow Foil. Tried sticking CD in
freezer as well (you know, the poor man's cryo!).
Thanks Archimago - just the kind of post I was hoping for and
Apesbrain wrote:
At one point I swore by all this crap:
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Archimago wrote:
Of course the fight against all forms of false advertising,
miseducation, and intellectual dishonesty is for all audiophiles! That
SONY has the -balls -to advertise the 64GB SD card for Premium Sound
is a reflection of how companies are truly aware of the ridiculousness
of
ralphpnj wrote:
Thanks Archimago - just the kind of post I was hoping for and very
interesting. Please keep up the good fight!
Of course the fight against all forms of false advertising,
miseducation, and intellectual dishonesty is for all audiophiles! That
SONY has the -balls -to advertise
Apesbrain wrote:
It's amazing when you spend 10 minutes getting a CD ready to play how
much better it will sound!
I am ashamed - at a hifistore the guy trying to take all my money
introduced me to this magic spray. You spray your CD with it and
suddenly the sound is amazing, more detail -
At one point I swore by all this crap:
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andy_c wrote:
Here are some of my previous blunders:
In the mid 1980s through the early 1990s, I bought:
Linn Sondek turntable
Hey wait a minute I also have a Linn LP12 turntable and it WAS one of
the best audio purchases I ever made. Here's why - back in the late
1980s and throughout the
A long time ago I got conned into buying monster cable stuff by the
local audio shop. I mostly needed a long subwoofer line cable so that I
could get the sub properly positioned. I think I spent $150-200 (back
in 1999). That was a lot of money for me in my early 20s. The cable
was even
We Done this before , but honorably candidates from my long and sordid
career as an audiophile crackpot was all those cables ? Including Varius
VdH alpha core and audio quests ,caldera speaker wires and those really
silly signal cables with batteries :confused: to bias the dielectric ...
( all,of
While there are many members here who most definitely do NOT drink that
infamous Audiophile Kool-Aid, I suspect that many of those same members
may have at one time or another drank deeply from that heady elixir.
Although judging from my many posts calling BS on the current state of
audiophile
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