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In Reply to: RE: Interaction with a class D amplifier? posted by Davey on January 15, 2015 at 16:24:17
Davey, you are in denial. And once again, you are twisting what I said.
Of all the people here, I am one of the few who care to try and reconcile perceptions with measurements. Spare me the excuses; real-world objective measurements are key to fine tuning an audio system, despite the limitations.
I have just spent over 4 glorious hours listening to 2 modded MMG's play full orchestral music alone. Music poured grandly, full of real instrumental textures, of superb 3D positioning, on a huge, larger-than-room stage, with arresting orchestral richness & inner detail. I've enjoyed chromatic delicacy in a wide and dynamic range that covers almost ribbon-tweeter top transparency down to almost sub-woofer territory bass. These are Maggies that shake things, that slam without a subwoofer, that can make you dance to impactful rhythm and can make you cry with tuneful delight. I could go on and on describing in detail the virtues of this system and the specific attributes with each type of music. I can still taste the rushing flavor of the experience, while lamenting that I live in an apartment. It is past midnight but I would have loved to keep listening like, forever.
This system is largely not of my own making and not due to much virtue of my own. I just accepted the input from others, evaluated it subjectively and, when practical, TESTED objectively by measuring it. A very substantial portion of the delightful sound that I now enjoy is due to Al Sekela's advice long ago. And it was not just the chokes, BTW, other ideas of his were very useful.
Therefore, I can't stay quiet and allow you to soil his reputation simply because you fear testing the ideas. Or because engineering has still not found all the explanations that you seek.
So, here's the deal, show me the beef. Davey, walk the talk, SHOW US YOUR REAL-LIFE ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS. Imperfect as you may call them, they will certainly tell a good part of the story that you seem to be hiding.
OR....at least help us to understand that you can FEEL the music emanating from your system. If your system were sounding as great as your engineering knowledge suggests, we would hear about. You would share the delight, the pride and the overwhelming urge to tell about it. At least something! Like telling us about a certain musical experience every now and then. Many of us have such a moment frequently and often ache to share it. I can't find any indication of it ever happening to you. Clearly, something is amiss.
If you are to try and disqualify Al Sekela, I will take delight, and my time, to undo some damage. I owe to him a decent effort to that effect. To those who have ears to hear it will be shown by the music, not by engineering formulas.
Follow Ups:
I'm hiding a story now? I have some sinister agenda to bad-mouth Al's memory? You must be kidding.
I had a number of offline conversations with Al regarding this topic....but mostly about bi(tri)-amping and his reluctance to even consider trying it. I even offered to customize one of my active crossover units and send to him for an unlimited evaluation. He declined.
I found him to be a really nice guy and enjoyable to chat with but just not that intellectually curious about some of the technical aspects. Nothing wrong with that.....he's not alone in that regard. But underlying, I never had a sense he wasn't 100% enthused about his audio interest. I respect that.
He also had enough respect for me that we could agree to disagree on our audio outlook. If, in your mind, you think I'm attempting to soil/damage his reputation, then I think the problem is looking at you in the mirror. Mature people can have meaningful discussions on topics in which they disagree. Sadly, that doesn't appear to be possible with you.
I haven't said anything here regarding this "choke tweak" that I didn't say when Al was still with us.
I sense the same audio enthusiasm in you that Al had but, unfortunately, some of the same closed-mindedness with regards to the technical details.
It's obvious I'm not going to be the one to convince you to consider the larger picture when evaluating audio gear. That's fine, maybe somebody else will have better luck.
Cheers,
Dave.
Ok, Davey but where's the beef? I mean, the real beef. "The larger picture when evaluating audio gear." has to lead to the beef at some point.
Have a great weekend, you all.
....a pescetarian actually. I guess that explains why my opinions have no meat and smell fishy.
Wow, you finally figured me out Sherlock. :)
Well done.
Thanks for the clarification on that foul odor wafting from your posts.
It smacked of vinegar and bull scat to me. No offense. :)
Wow, what a pathetic response. Very nice.
Dave.
You wrote
"Wow, what a pathetic response. Very nice."
Thanks for the "very nice", but I don't deserve it because I only mirrored your pathetic "silly" original post titled "I'm a vegetarian", Sherlock. :)
Cheers
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