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In Reply to: RE: Agree completely.... posted by Ivan303 on July 08, 2014 at 16:26:53
Unfortunately, you completely fail to understand the nature of computer audio - and blindly following your ill-natured Master certainly doesn't help here.
Don't listen to me (I know you won't anyway) - but look at the journey of Bob C. For instance, ask him whether he's willing to go back to his former Mac-based solution.
Follow Ups:
"off-the-shelf Apple product might be better, or certainly no worse"
"off-the-shelf Apple product MIGHT be better, or certainly no worse"
Key word: 'might'
Complete sentence from my post above:
"Ignoring completely the fact that some might suggest that an off-the-shelf Apple product might be better, or certainly no worse."
Note that I am not advocating a position, just suggesting that SOME MIGHT and, again, the word 'might', not necessarily stating it as a fact.
That said, I HAVE heard Gordon's Apple based system, both at RMAF last year as well as prior years, and as usual it sounded every bit as good as ANY computer based digital playback system at the show. Better than YOU THINK YOUR SYSTEM SOUNDS? Not likely! ;-)
OK, those plasma tweeters pictured above MIGHT have had something to do with it. :-)
As far as the 'journey' is concerned, I've attended nearly a dozen CES/T.H.E. shows (even go married at CES in 2007 with Romy the Cat NOT being asked to be Best Man!), every RMAF but one all the VSACs but one a few more too numerous to even remember.
So while I certainly am not an 'expert' like you, and the system I listen to is hardly worth bragging about, I've heard a bit of gear and know a few folks responsible for producing it.
Oh, and at least I do post my pathetic-assed audio system on Inmate Systems!
with an air conditioner running right at the back cannot be used as any reference.
"A system with an air conditioner running right at the back cannot be used as any reference."
I could see no evidence that the air conditioner in the photo was running when the picture was taken. It is not difficult to turn off a hotel room air conditioner and the ramifications of forgetting to turn it on are not severe, unlike with domestic refrigerators:
"I will kill you if you ever again forget to plug the refrigerator back in after unplugging it while listening to music."
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
I did that once...
(forgot to turn the 'fridge back on)
No real harm but I was "reformed" and in my new form I set the timer when I turn it off.
Reformed Rick
Or does you 'fridge not have an Audiophile Power Cord?
At the time I lived in an home with open plan with the kitchen, dining area, living area and entry hall all one large room with cathedral ceiling, about 38 feet by 28 feet square, although the depth varied between the kitchen area and the dining-living area. This room had superb acoustics for my wife's Steinway B and for my stereo, one of the reasons why we purchased the home.
The 'fridge did not have an audiophile power cord. I considered building one that included a power switch with timed power on... :-)
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
CLEARLY the picture was taken at RMAF which is in DENVER and in OCTOBER.
Recall wearing a jacket to go out at night, and those 300B's don't put out THAT much heat, so I doubt the air conditioner in the hotel room was running.
But the fact that you can't read a post that discusses hearing systems at trade shows, PLUS look at a picture and guess that picture was taken at said trade show and was not someone's home system, tells all.
And who knows, perhaps Gordon uses after-market hard drive cables on his Mac Pro? ;-)
Not to mention that most all of the rooms are configured similarly so every vendor faces similar challenges.... And yet, it is easy to hear the difference between a nice setup and one that doesn't sound so great. Air conditioning in Denver in October? LOL! I don't think so. ;-)
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