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In Reply to: RE: High-end audio: a lost cause? posted by tinear on April 17, 2014 at 19:30:48
and a good bit of that came from the magazines. Detail has been the holy grail and stressed over tone and flow, not to mention over aestetics and ergonomics. In the end it killed the industry.
Everyone bought a new TV when they became so thin that they could hang on a wall. But amps are the size of compact refrigerators and have so much detail at the expense of tone that one has to own three perfectly recorded Diana Krall records and call it a day.
Needless to say, I have no sympathy for the manufacturers, retailers or reviewers. Or the audiophiles for that matter, however many of them are left.
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This may seem hilarious to you.
I went for powerconditioners, cords, IC, better electronics. Magnepan ribbons.. All sorts ofstuff to finally getthat elusive perfect treble clarity.
Now I am tryingto KEEP it and still gain a little midrange warmth.
Though I have to say I can live with what I have now...
I wonder if you would be able to stay in the same room as my system playing for more than five minutes... (the only 'added' clarity I find annoying is I can hear all too clearly way too many jazz players softly talking or making noises along with the music... Aka Glenn Gould)
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and we all hear differently and have different priorities.
I'm not sure that you would want to spend too much time in my room with the Altec 19s or JBL Apollos and small tube amps either. But we all have a love of music and that it what cements us together.
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