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In Reply to: A strange experience with bad recordings on CDs. posted by beppe61 on November 5, 2006 at 04:50:28:
Its a sign your component change went in the right direction,yes that type of thing does happen.
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I do not want to be too pedant at all but I wonder if some bad comments about CDs' sound quality could be attributed instead to some deficiencies of the replaying system.
In a top system digital audio can be extremely good and satisfying in the end.
The challenge could be to get this a "human" price.
Kind regards,beppe
The logical inverse of "synergy" is where equipment problems interact to make the sound worse. The same thing happens with difficult recordings. There are some equipment problems that complement recording problems to make some CDs unlistenable. Correcting the equipment problems may not make the recordings wonderful, but at least they become sufficiently good that we can hear the music they contain.
One thing is not clear to me about "synergy".
More than try to find a combination of units I believe that it is more a problem to select equipment without problems.
Im my case I have replaced the previous power amp with another one surely better and the positive result is evident.
I think the same would apply to pre, source, cables and speakers.
As a first move I am quite positive after all.
I think that the next move could be the line preamp.
After all this old Bryston .4B I have is not a famous one I think.
I find it weak at reproducing soundstage depth at least.Thank you and kind regards,
bg
It is important to keep this in mind when selecting components to audition. A more expensive piece may not work better in your system, even if the basic matching is correct (impedances, power level, etc.). It may simply have a sonic character that clashes with your other components or does not suit your taste.I'm a firm Reductionist when it comes to audio equipment. Every phenomenon has some physical explanation, but, in my experience, the explanation may sometimes be very difficult to uncover. This is why I find it simpler to just accept that different pieces have different sonic characters.
I agree completely with your statement Sir.
There is no such a thing like "perfection".
Thank you again for your precious advice.Kind regards,
Hi Al,That's why it's ususally 'better' to get a line stage of the same make as the power amp. This way one can be sure of a 'similar sonic character'. This doesn't mean I'm against mixing and matching, but if the preamp turns out to be a good performer it saves a lot of hastle and time in mixing and matching etc..
AP
# The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men # Samuel L. Jackson (Ezekiel 25:17)> Pulp Fiction <
HowdyThat's another reason to pay attention to people's systems when evaluating their posts, whether the post is about hardware or software.
This experience has been like cleaning glasses after some time.
I can hear more deeply in the recordings and after all I think it is a positive result.
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