A Pyrrhic Victory of incredible magnitude. - Page 2

DF96 · 15th December 2011, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by WS Trader

High-End Audio is 50% physics and 50% voodoo.

It depends on what you mean by 'high end'. If you mean expensive toys for people who like to impress their friends then it is more like 5% physics, 15% voodoo and 80% marketing. If you mean genuine excellence, then it may be 50% physics and 50% real engineering, and will be much cheaper.

SY · 15th December 2011, 11:04 AM

Performance art. Enjoy it while it lasts.

WS Trader · 15th December 2011, 02:25 PM

I use a modified CD player with the analogue portion using transformer outputs.

15th December 2011, 11:04 AM	#12
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	Performance art. Enjoy it while it lasts. __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

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15th December 2011, 02:25 PM	#13
WS Trader diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011	I use a modified CD player with the analogue portion using transformer outputs.

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