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pressed for time

Posted by analog guy (A) on May 17, 2007 at 09:31:29

In Reply to: Re: did i make a recommendation? posted by jweiss on May 17, 2007 at 08:20:58:

hi, jonathan:
i'm a little pressed for time, so here's a quick reply:

To do that I would need your email address.
it's possible to email nearly anyone through the AA form by clicking on their handle. mine's no different than for anyone else -- and you must know this as you ask milos to respond to you privately.

If you wish to disparage Shindo's vinyl setup, for example, the first thing I wonder is, what are you listening to?

i've not disparaged shindo's vinyl setup that i recall -- but i did say 2 things that may not have been clear. i don't believe either one requires that anyone know what gear i am (/am not) using:

1) @ $20k for a vinyl front-end, the term 'value' does not apply. this is not shindo-specific. my analog front-end is not a 'value' system, either.

2) "best in show" sound does not necessarily mean "great sound". i used the town beauty pageant earlier, and it still applies.

if you took either of those statements as anti-shindo, i'm sorry. as i see it, they had little to do with any single manufacturer, but i suppose they could have been perceived as related to shindo simply because they came up in response to a shindo-related original post.

i'm certain this would have all been clear had we been speaking face-to-face, and i'm certain you would learn that i don't really have an agenda (at least no more than your average non-salesperson & non-audiophile evangelist does, to your point above.)

finally...
the first thing I would ask, is what do you consider "good value" and that is usually answered by seeing how people plunk down their own money.

you could have asked me this question in a public forum; the answer does not depend on what i use at home. while i enjoy my music a great deal (and one could say i enjoy my own system as a result), i would not say it is 'good value'. one can know value (or have an opinion on it) without having that piece at home. can one drive a ferrari but know that a camry is a "good value"? i think so -- but your statement implies otherwise.

i stated it in earlier posts, but i think people buying idlers that were up in someone's attic for a song, then restoring them (at not terribly great expense) can make for good value. when you get to $20k, it may be 'good sound', but 'good value' it ain't.

i still remain unconvinced about why you or anyone needs to know my system to support any of those claims.

by anyone's definition, i have pretty highly-resolving audio gear that, to me, reproduces music quite well. respectfully, your john e. example doesn't apply; he's taking a stance of 'i can't hear a difference therefore there isn't a difference.' i've expressed a general perspective about value in audio.

talk to me about the $100k caliburn. my thesis will be the same: it may sound good, but the 'value' term need not apply.

i hope this is just rational discussion. i offer a public apology for making it anything other than that.

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