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In Reply to: RE: The "Mod" industry. posted by Merle on November 05, 2008 at 09:12:13
the notion that that someone's friend or uncle can really improve over the R&D deparment of a major manufacturer or laboratory is kind of funny.....looking for flubber i guess.
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As if the Music Industry's "R&D" has had an brilliant thought in the past 3 decades.
It figures that a big wig in the music industry would make such a remark.
I suppose that all wires sound the same, too? (shaking head)
Flubber is a real problem in hifi equipment. Unless the interconnect and AC cables/cords have a good grip, the components disconnect themselves.
I mod as a hobby. 80% of the modifications I have tried made a significant difference. Note said difference, not improvement.
I mod when I have close to what I want and am going for a specific sound. Listen to classical with detailed speakers. Have made changes on equipment that liked a lot here, tried on friends system, very different sound and preferences, the results were not at all the same.
Obviously there are exceptions, but the suggestion of buy something that is what you want or close is good advice.
You assume that "high end" manufactures are 1) Major manufactures, and 2) have R&D deparments.
The VAST majority of high end manufacture's are very small operations and the R&D department consists of either 1) the founder/owner, 2) staff "engineer", 3) Paid firm (Madrical for example)
In ANY true major manufacture, the prodect is designed and engineered to meet a set & established price point. (No offense to any Engineers out thier, but working with them in my job every day - if the company does not put a cost constraint on the Engineer they will engineer a box that cost $20,000 to produce!)
two factors:
1. Technology changes over time, i.e. updated op amps, capacitors, diodes, etc.
2. Changes to known engineering trade offs like bypassing features that may not be important to everyone.
rw
doesn't matter if it's a cdp or SUV.
"Compromises" are often put in place to intentionally keep cost down.
I'm learning this after purchasing a 20 y/o home about 6 years ago where cheap PVC piping was used (as a main line to from the house to the street) in lieu of copper among other things....
"Live life as if you'll die tomorrow...
Learn life as if you'll live forever..." -Gandhi
you lack insight into "the R&D deparment of a major manufacturer". No engineer there has a free hand.
Regards,
Geoff
And those major manufacturers are always going to make the cost-is-no-object choice when sourcing components? ;-)
1. Makers of good quality moderately priced tube gear (Quicksilver and deHavilland come to mind) pick very good industrial grade parts to go with a very well thought out and executed circuit and replacing even key parts like coupling caps with much more expensive, audio grade parts often does not yield much in the way of sonic improvements.
2. Commercial modders often throw the bathwater in with the baby and change of a lot of parts that cost a lot, but don't yield as much in the way of sonic improvement as much fewer key parts.
3. DIYers - some of whom would mod a light bulb for the fun of it - don't really factor in the opportunity cost of their labor and all the skills they have acquired (think of all that built up human capital) when they talk about mods to dumbos like me.
"Live free or die"
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