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In Reply to: RE: Finally, an accurate amplifier... posted by Tony Lauck on December 12, 2014 at 17:40:55
Because we are talking about audio amplifiers intended for listening to music, not laboratory instruments intended for conducting measurements.
You'll never convince the deaf who lack exposure to better gear and don't have the foggiest notion of what you're talking about. :)
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Yes, I agree. Useless to try and convince the willful deaf.
One minor point of disagreement. One does not need exposure to better gear if one has access to the real reference. One can do this if one makes live recordings, or one can guess what one should be hearing if one listens to live acoustic musical performances. People who listen only to commercial studio recordings and amplified concerts can not possibly have a basis on which to judge sound quality. But then, does this matter? Today it's called "high end". It used to be called "high fidelity". Big difference between high price and high quality.
Maybe you will enjoy my recent post.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
One does not need exposure to better gear if one has access to the real reference.
That is my sonic goal as well. While I do regularly attend live concerts and enjoy listening to wifey play her baby grand, the majority of music I listen to is from commercial recordings. Having a ready reference of what any given recording can do provides a useful reference for comparisons.
I've been enjoying rediscovering my library following a recent preamplifier upgrade. I live to hear deeper into my favorite recordings.
Your linked story and background illustrates to me the only real way to compare various recording types. If Meyer and Moron compared live feeds at 16/44 vs 24/192 instead of using their Rube Goldberg approach, I suspect even they would have been convinced that Redbook is anything but "Perfect Sound". Over at AR, there's a Disney engineer who works largely with multi-channel soundtracks who likewise uses live feeds for determining recording quality all the way to up the DXD master.
The part in your story about having to really force the issue of worn cartridges with the subhumans was funny!
The sub humans are still around, but they tend to hang out on other audio forums.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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