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In Reply to: Audiophile Grade Fuses posted by el34eh@yahoo.com on July 9, 2014 at 13:41:15:
Hi DrN,
I found it:
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=105425.0
But in my mind, I've tried plenty of tweaks since 2004, and once again, am able to hear what each has done or didn't do?, in most cases it was an improvement to be made to the system whereas I don't need to second guess what I'm hearing, nor a second set of ears in doing so. I view some of these devices as means of tailoring the sound of ones system much like an EQ - in that if said person knows which direction they wish to change the fidelity of said systems!, can be easily done.
Case in point, someone own a rather aggressive/analytical sounding Source or Amp, yet would like to alter its presentation would in fact be better served by investing in a higher purity of copper cabling or by using some sort of tone wood to lessen this coloration and bring about a more refined/delicate balance.
All to often many users simply except what they own as is, and go about listening to it over the course of let's a few months, then find themselves placing it for sale and pursuing something different ( not always better, just different ) without taking into account first and foremost what's their sound!, as opposed to their buddies or neighbors whom don't have a clue what you like, and in the end whom are we trying to please with the presentation of our systems more so then ourselves - I've made the mistakes of selling off gear only to hear it later sounding much much much better then what it did when I owned it, and had to ask the question we should all be asking
" why? ".
We what I discovered as far back as 1996 was all to often most of us don't understand tweaks, and here I'm talking about tubes - cables - isolation feet that alter the sound of these components just enough to enhance what's already there - I for one tend to live with certain components that show promise more then others, as I tend to listen to its strengths, and build upon them versus focusing on their few weaknesses and then try to find ways of making those less obvious - it's just a matter of once again voicing something in a matter that suits ones taste/preferences instead of always pursuing the latest - greatest more expensive component merely for the sake of change, or a little bit more air/presence at the very top end, or a more liquid midrange or the ability to hear inside of a double bass cabinet - those in themselves are Hi-Fi attributes/effects and have very little if anything to do with musicality - as with the Americans fascination with bass response - to my logical way of thinking true bass much like tube power ratings cost a great deal of money, so when I hear speakers like YG Acoustics or Magico Technology Speakers, I'm very impressed with the bass range, as well as how the entire blending of top to bottom come across as well worth their asking prices, so when someone tells me their little cheap arse $3.000 - $6.700 floor standers are producing bass down to say 20Hz flat, I laugh my arse off, because I know these sort of cats don't understand the importance of timbre or pitch definition as they relate to said passages, to pressurize a room with wall to wall sound is one thing.
But to cover ones entire space with musicality that's accurately done is another - one mans bass is another's boom. I even starting to understand why some cats were pursuing items like super tweeters, it wasn't because they added a sense of air or upper treble purity or detail, no........., these guys were simply losing their hearing and were trying to compensate for said hearing lose by using these devices as well as silver cables or MC Cartridges with tipped up highs, yet it's all subjective at best, is it not?.
To me everything matters when it comes to getting the best from our systems, snake oil or not?, I'm a believer, and that's mostly because I can hear - and more importantly - trust what I do hear.
Just food for thought.
Regards,
O_o scar
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