Only you know that, several manu's did. These applications are a total surprise to me, I never shamelessly flog my chips it insults everyone's intelligence.
Sure, monitary*success in High End Audio is more related to politics and advertizing then good sound or technical excellence. We all know that.
Some years ago i even said " High End is dead ".
So please let us live our small and mediocre lifes.
Some years ago i even said " High End is dead ".
So please let us live our small and mediocre lifes.
I agree that most are IMHO ... Though I've talked to take reviewing very seriously and are straight shooters.
Let's 'flog' the AD797 here, shall we? It IS a very good analog chip. However, there are others that appear to sound as good and are significantly cheaper. Yet for INSTRUMENTATION, where really low distortion is necessary, the AD797 is perhaps a best choice (within its limitations).
Can we measure sound quality ?
What is sound quality ?
I have an advantage and i never taked about it.
I own a Blowtorch. I just listened to it today.
What is sound quality ?
I have an advantage and i never taked about it.
I own a Blowtorch. I just listened to it today.
Joachim and I share the same values, even though we have only met once. Why can't we do our hi fi design in peace, without a lot of criticism. We still hear the differences in our designs, and even others, and we won't be here forever.
Still, I challenge ANYBODY to make a cost effective IC based design that sounds as good as the BEST discrete designs. I have tried, and did fairly well. Your turn, Scott. Come on, show us your stuff! '-)
Still, I challenge ANYBODY to make a cost effective IC based design that sounds as good as the BEST discrete designs. I have tried, and did fairly well. Your turn, Scott. Come on, show us your stuff! '-)
manu = manufacturer
Joachim, there you go elaborating on my simple rersponse. Do reviewers equivocate in what they write, and does it mislead paying customers?
Consistent at saying the same old BS while in the end giving the reader absolutely nothing to base a good purchase decision on.
Honest ?
Yes, both. I have serious problems with some influential reviewers.
They do not generate more income when they do great reviews for big spendors.
It is not that way. It is not about the money. As John sincerely reported you can not make big money with exceptional equipment any more. That was in the 80th and 90th where a much closer ty was betwen the makers and the users. That is our problem. We hard core afficiados are send into limbo.
I see it that way that they are mostly not compentent enough to differentiate betwen a scam and a sensation. It is like love and hate. It provokes the same chemistry in the brain. IMPORTANT versa UNIMPORTANT
yes, that is the human state how i see it.
Yes, both. I have serious problems with some influential reviewers.
They do not generate more income when they do great reviews for big spendors.
It is not that way. It is not about the money. As John sincerely reported you can not make big money with exceptional equipment any more. That was in the 80th and 90th where a much closer ty was betwen the makers and the users. That is our problem. We hard core afficiados are send into limbo.
I see it that way that they are mostly not compentent enough to differentiate betwen a scam and a sensation. It is like love and hate. It provokes the same chemistry in the brain. IMPORTANT versa UNIMPORTANT
yes, that is the human state how i see it.
Personally, I would consider it a subjective measure of how well a system is capable of allowing the listener to experience what was intended and produced, by the creators of a recorded musical event.
Well "exceptional" seems to be in the eye of the beholder and who's opinion calls it so. Equipment designed to be expensive doesn't mean it's sonically worth it. There's plenty of expensive garbage and also low priced great equipment. Just because some people have sour grapes from not being able to cash in on the market doesn't mean there isn't money to be made by making good equipment that doesn't have to cost a fortune.
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