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In Reply to: RE: Crappola if you adhere to the philosophical principle... posted by AbeCollins on October 14, 2016 at 10:28:16
No Abe, that's just YOUR philosophy.
One person's philosophy is to engineer components for maximum compatibility with other components from other makers, and accept you might give up a little performance as a result.
Another person's philosophy is to engineer systems to maximize the performance of their design approach, and accept that their gear may not appeal to audiophiles who want to mix & match and play on the cable merry-go-round.
Both are valid engineering approaches based on different goals.
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...they think they know exactly what their customer needs rather than asking the customer.
No Abe, that's just YOUR philosophy.
No Dave, my philosophy is in agreement with most amp manufacturers. Only a couple outliers design 'tweaky' amps that require proprietary cables.
These are essentially general market products and should have been designed as general purpose products.
Otherwise they should be sold as tweakers and DIYers products and NOT for the unknowing general public.
THAT is either poor engineering, poor marketing or the company just didn't give a shit and just wanted it out on the market.
The Naim approach to audio is the OPPOSITE of tweaker. They tend to use custom connectors and connection methods so you can't go cable tweaking. Their separates are specifically designed to be used with each other and NOT be mixed and matched with other company's products. And their unique connection methods make it a hurdle to do so. So no, they are not general market products.
You either buy into their systems approach or not. If you're the kind of audiophile who buys a power amp because it has bass slam, and matches it to a tubed pre to warm up the tone, and uses silver cables to add some top end sparkle and air, and isolation footers because they take away some grain, etc. - then you are not a candidate for a Naim system.
...do not buy tweaky components from manufacturers that require the use of their proprietary speaker cables and interconnects for best performance. Avoid manufacturers that try to lock you into their proprietary line of accessories.
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