Surprised that no-one has asked about the 😎 cable and where to get it at less than $1000 per meter!
@fdegrove……..yes, a lot of (dangerous) gas around; can't be too careful.😉
@fdegrove……..yes, a lot of (dangerous) gas around; can't be too careful.😉
It is unfortunate that a high percentage of people prefer to sit in the comfortable rut of thinking that they've built up over the years - hence no genuine desire or interest in moving the frontiers forwards; most likely, as usual, it will be the younger ones who crash through, completely oblivious and non-caring of the the important and sacred toes they tread on ...
What was the comments about the timeline of scientists' lives I came across some time ago? Something along the lines that they are a spent force by the age of 30, really only useful for administrative roles from then on; all the original thinking has been done, and from then on it's only bits of recycling ...
What was the comments about the timeline of scientists' lives I came across some time ago? Something along the lines that they are a spent force by the age of 30, really only useful for administrative roles from then on; all the original thinking has been done, and from then on it's only bits of recycling ...
Hi,
Do not despair. Wait for thirty years or so and you will realize that, yes, you did contribute to the advancement of audio somehow.
Sadly enough most of your opponents now will pretend as if they knew this for a fact all along. Trust me, no one will give you credit. No one.
But don't let that discourage you, they're after glory, you just want better music reproduction.
Shall we make Gestallt profiles? 😀
Ciao, 😉
Do not despair. Wait for thirty years or so and you will realize that, yes, you did contribute to the advancement of audio somehow.
Sadly enough most of your opponents now will pretend as if they knew this for a fact all along. Trust me, no one will give you credit. No one.
But don't let that discourage you, they're after glory, you just want better music reproduction.
Shall we make Gestallt profiles? 😀
Ciao, 😉
We all obviously do that in various areas of our lives - I'm a complete Luddite as regards fooling around with smart phones, tablets, social networking; I appreciate the positives possible there, but I no longer have the emotional energy or desire to filter past the nonsense aspects - burnout is a genuine issue for me ...
I've always enjoyed ideas, always - my "weakness", especially lately, is stamina to carry through to a completed "thing" ... I'm still working on my "better DiffMaker", this certainly has some real potential ...
Hi,
Precisely.
Still haven't figured out what "he" does but I'll try to turn gas into solid without high hopes... Or plumber's tape.
Bedtime for me now, more on this Muppet Show next day.
Ciao, 😉
Precisely.
Still haven't figured out what "he" does but I'll try to turn gas into solid without high hopes... Or plumber's tape.
Bedtime for me now, more on this Muppet Show next day.
Ciao, 😉
Hi,
Frank, for Pete's sake, take some time off and take care of yourself.
Sincerely,
Frank
Frank, for Pete's sake, take some time off and take care of yourself.
Sincerely,
Frank
Thanks for your thoughts, Frank, but this is a lifetime thing - as an example, I used to be an avid reader, churned through books from the library at a ferocious rate - then, one day about 35 years ago I just stopped reading, literally halfway through a book. Put it down, took it back to the library, and virtually never took another book out again. Yes, I still read, but only for knowledge - never for pleasure, the impulse just died.
The simple answer: I don't build or design 'good' systems; I troubleshoot existing ones, to make them "work good", 🙂. Like a car mechanic - the customer comes in, says the car is not running right; my job is to figure out why it's not running right, and fix that. I have an extremely clear idea of what "running right" is, the goal is razor sharp in focus ... an audio system is a complex beast, like a car; determining what the problems are is only half the battle, then solutions, temporary or permanent, need to be found.
It's all about the approach, not what is actually done ...
The good thing about forums is that no matter what one wants to say, you'll find that it's already been said before, 😉. Just doing a bit of stickybeaking, and found this, http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/tubes-valves/169706-best-line-stage-tube-22.html#post2244791, by someone who may be known to some people, 🙂.
Downward Dynamic Range (DDR) is precisely what I'm looking out for, evaluating changes by, using for assessing system capabilities. Once one becomes practised in tuning into it, it's trivially easy to use for comparing - even the "worst of the worst" recordings have DDR, and how that sounds is immensely revealing of system problems ...
Edit: I note that Planet10 has pushed the concept quite a bit - good to see ...
Downward Dynamic Range (DDR) is precisely what I'm looking out for, evaluating changes by, using for assessing system capabilities. Once one becomes practised in tuning into it, it's trivially easy to use for comparing - even the "worst of the worst" recordings have DDR, and how that sounds is immensely revealing of system problems ...
Edit: I note that Planet10 has pushed the concept quite a bit - good to see ...
Last edited:
Fidelity means *you hear what the engineer wanted you to hear*, including a breath if desired. Such artifacts as breaths and pick noises which can be subtle and elegant, are often obscured by poor playback chain.
Yes, and ignorance is forgivable.......If I were John, l would shake up the industry by coming clean. The truth and the following infamy in the industry would, if John capitalised on it, set him free on a hundred foot yacht in the Bahamas with bikini babes serving him (of course it could be he is already there) (-:
Last edited:
😀
2. You need a great audio source followed by great A/D conversion.
3. Your room is FUBAR.
4. It's one 2 or all of the above, this is 2014 and good digital audio is "perfected squared" there is no f'n 4.
1. You need either a large clean high current power amp (any of a multitude of brands) very efficient flat speakers (or both)
2. You need a great audio source followed by great A/D conversion.
3. Your room is FUBAR.
4. It's one 2 or all of the above, this is 2014 and good digital audio is "perfected squared" there is no f'n 4.
Last edited:
JC seems to me to be as honestly motivated as anyone in the industry. I think that he ranks right up there with Gordon Holt.
1. IME, cheap as chips setups can do it if exactly the right issues are addressed. The PC speakers' two biggest problems at the moment is poor energy storage and sensitivity to interference - rail sag intrudes when the mix gets too busy, and I have to do lots of house electricals fiddling to get the quality up. But I'm not really motivated to fix it "properly", this is just a fooling around exercise, to prove a point for myself.
2. The challenge is to get "grubby" recordings to come to life, and I haven't been beaten yet, 😀 ! The solution may require lots of awkward silliness at the time, and that level of playback may be hard to replicate, on demand ... but if I can get it to happen at least once the point has been proven, for me at least - that recording has the information in it to provide satisfying listening, and that's what matters ...
3. This room thing always get me, 😕 - when a system works well then the playback just sounds "right", no matter what the room is like, or where you happen to be listening at the moment. If it doesn't sound "right" then the problem is always within the system - plunk the speakers down in some convenient place, and away you go is my approach ...
All you said has to start with gear that is a straight wire with gain. Period. Then and only then can idividual issues be addressed. Sheeesh/facepalm/pain/givingup
- Status
- Not open for further replies.