@willemj, I happened to see it prior to removal. Agreed with some of it, disagreed with some of it. But felt it added greatly to the discussion here, and feeling baffled as to what motivated removal. Stifling good, honest opinion that does not contain profanity, business or other impropriety, or threatens harm yields bad results for all of us. Definitely not healthy in terms of discourse or pushing the hobby forward
New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables
I was at the New York HiFi Show today. It was hard to find many CD players, despite one with a price tag $40,000. Virtually every room featured turntables and tubes. Sonically, it was a definite improvement over shows in the past. Not too much sizzle and boom, although a lot of systems demonstrated big bass. Natural sounding components were the rule.
There were hardly any systems affordable by the average audiophile. $100,000 rigs were not unusual. It seems demonstrators were prone to showing their best.
With all the myriad of exotic stuff, I’m sorry I can’t remember too many names, but the re-introduction of sophisticated treble and bass controls and room-conditioning processors were impressive.
Of course, streaming was featured in many displays.
It wasn’t a large show, so it was comfortably do-able in one day.
There were hardly any systems affordable by the average audiophile. $100,000 rigs were not unusual. It seems demonstrators were prone to showing their best.
With all the myriad of exotic stuff, I’m sorry I can’t remember too many names, but the re-introduction of sophisticated treble and bass controls and room-conditioning processors were impressive.
Of course, streaming was featured in many displays.
It wasn’t a large show, so it was comfortably do-able in one day.
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willemj... I posted an extended economic analysis of the audio market, with an explanation for the prominence of snake oil products, based on mainstream business economics theory. It was removed by a moderator.It may have simply been deleted because it was so far off-topic. Why not try posting it in a new thread, or try to find a thread where it would be more on-topic. |
@willemj, as you can see, folks would appreciate you reposting. Of course, who saves these things? And you may feel it more trouble than anything else. I can reiterate, he said NOTHING warranting moderation or removal of the post. Mostly talked from a common sensical approach to audio, closer to the objectivist camp than a lot of folks here. There were things I didn't agree with, mostly regarding tube amplification's inferiority, as well as things I don't get into dogmatic / philosophical disagreements with others over like "snake oil" audio components / products / tweaks. But overall, I felt it interesting, insightful, intelligent, and most definitely, welcome. Color and conversation make the world go 'round, and we all benefit from the perspectives of many, not few. And I can't believe I'm the only person who feels that way |
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