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| What makes up an Mr. TennisI completely agree about the psychological underpinnings of our hobby. Tell me a human edevour which hasn't! And yes, actually I like iconoclasts, because in destructing they create and I would sincerely apologise, if I should have read ... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps Lewm,Thank you! That is very interesting. In fact I wanted to research the same, but then was too busy to do so. By the way, it was the cable breaking in not the Atmas after all, when I began to seem to hear the same "thinness" through the Sound L... | |
| What makes up an Darkkeys,No, to my mind you are absolutely on topic. Much of what has been said above only applies to concepts taken from the experience of live music without electronic amplification. Some professional gear, especially for the digital domain must... | |
| The closest approach...really Marty,It is Sound Labs, however www.soundlab-speakers.com. (: and yea, they do squash the room sort of and we better not speak of the WAF problems they might stir up. However they are absolutely perfect for infield listening, throw a great soundst... | |
| What makes up an Chasmal,agreed, although 3-dimensionality per se is not quite enough, the placement of instruments and voices in that sound field must be stable and more or less correct. (Phase-stability).What to my mind could be added to your list is BLOOM, the ... | |
| The closest approach...really GG I have no trouble with what Marty has pointed out to you. Actually I agree with him almost completely. I have owned Quads plus subs for practically more than 20 years, have in search of more power duplicated, triplicated even quadrupolated them... | |
| The closest approach...really MrtennisLOL, you are so right and there are many more flies in the ointment: Changes in humidity, temperature,the grid, your own well being just to mention a few fat ones.Strangely enough though, and I wonder if Newbee would not agree with this, a... | |
| The closest approach...really Hello Newbee,Your lines, which follow below have warmed my heart, because they are so close to what I have learned in my early years:"I gained most of my appreciation of live music in the first five rows of Orchestra Hall near center because I per... | |
| newbie with basic question, please Go have a look at the "Empirical Audio " site regarding your third point and wireless to external HD.Besides there is much better audio software around than what Apple has to offer with its I-tunes, but you probably know that. | |
| The closest approach...really Hi Newbee,Again you touch upon most important points I find. If you have your perception of live music as a benchmark, then of course - as you rightly suggest - that goal is out of your reach. But then you want to get a close as possible and it is... | |
| What makes up an This has been done, as you suggest Mr. Tennis. As I mentioned in another thread, there is at least one high end manufacturer who actually prides himself that his designs are purely based on measurements. His gear is so "revealing", that it sounds ... | |
| The closest approach...really Hi Ggavetti,You are quite right I feel, with your three headings, where to my mind taste boils down to value judgements of what we have percieved. Also taste can be educated, but only if you agree upon a common benchmark in your judgment of a rig,... | |
| How important is USB-I2S DAC connection? Ken, you are right of course. My ears are fair but I am not technically really savvy.Obviously there are many ways to reduce jitter and to make for good sound. At the end, most of us make our decisions intuitively, if we like it or not. | |
| The closest approach...really Hello Mr Tennis,Don't you think that perception can be trained? Especially as far as accuracy of timbre is concerned. Timbre can well be an objective thing and the better your perception of the "real thing" is, the better you will be able to asses... | |
| How important is USB-I2S DAC connection? Ken,Actually it is not what you think, it is what you hear and the I2S interface does bring you a tad closer to the "real thing" in a well designed component, like Steve Nugent's gear or the Zanden, just to mention a few. |