LOL! La Boum!
Maybe Fanny Ardant (what a name)
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is more to SY's taste.
More to mine, anyway.
Voltage at the speaker terminals when driven by Roger Russell's 48-foot maximum recommended length for 16 gauge wire into an 8 ohm speaker, using the Dr K MTM netlist previously requested.
I would not rely on professional musicians with general hi fi playback. However, they seem to be very good with the reproduction of their own music. This is based on working with professional musicians for approximately 5 years, in Rock, Folk, and Classical music.
They do NOT appear to need hi fi reproduction, in general, as much as people who actually like to listen to the music being played, and it can be shown that their brain scans are different in that they use both the left side and the right side of their brain. Perhaps some here, should read up, before responding. I too, have heard the difference between Teflon and Polystyrene made by the SAME manufacturer, in the same phono eq. It is important to many serious hi end audio designers. We even discuss it between each other.
They do NOT appear to need hi fi reproduction, in general, as much as people who actually like to listen to the music being played, and it can be shown that their brain scans are different in that they use both the left side and the right side of their brain. Perhaps some here, should read up, before responding. I too, have heard the difference between Teflon and Polystyrene made by the SAME manufacturer, in the same phono eq. It is important to many serious hi end audio designers. We even discuss it between each other.
And RDF you trying to find the most extreme examples to make your point. No one will argue that cables in extreme conditions will make an audible difference.
Just imagining a real conversation, Im not from the the facebook twiter generation.
It would be so much better (real) to sit at the bar and have this conversation. I think we all have a lot more in common than comes across in this type. (guess thats why we are here) Wish I was going to Burning Amp!
It would be so much better (real) to sit at the bar and have this conversation. I think we all have a lot more in common than comes across in this type. (guess thats why we are here) Wish I was going to Burning Amp!
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Hi Scott. I will gladly take this challenge. But, perhaps its unfair in my case, because. . . well for an illustration, right now I'm sitting beside the shelf with twenty-one buckets of capacitors. Usually, I can select one for seemly results at a sensitive small signal spot in 15 minutes or so.
Example: Polypro caps are efficient to an extreme and tend to facilitate driving the next stage harder than most other types of caps (unless there's a series resistor to null the difference). A point: In NO way could I tell you that you have a polypro cap installed just by hearing your rig. However, I could tell you if you have a hard and efficient drive from your amp. This is suitable for large area coverage.
Professional musicians can tell you about the effects from caps, upon swapping caps, but in their own terms of frequency response and dry versus wet reverb. But, you don't want large scale equipment to ring, even if they like it. 😉
Its possible to get far too obsessive about caps at the input, as that may be the least important cap in the audio rig. If deciding amongst one of five likely samples doesn't work perfectly (quickly too), then there is a problem that is Not located at the input. Exception: If cap swapping makes a large difference, then please correct the impedance mismatch before proceeding farther with capacitor selection.
Model by doing and test by proving.
If you need some help with those caps, just ask. Its neither difficult nor expensive. Even a small touch of clarity selected to be appropriate for your individual equipment, can be a joy that is magnified by the number of tracks played on the equipment. On this, there is absolutely no relationship between performance and price range.
Music educators do different things too. Listening "on center" is rare with this group. Like musicians, slight ringing (slightly reverberant) is preferred along with a somewhat laid back sound. It seems that the treble boost preferred is at slightly lower pitch than average. Like musicians, they're also not very picky about playback equipment for home use, possibly because most available equipment is unlike a live performance. Most will thrill out to a small radio as often as possible.
I think that they want this: "The presentation must not distract from the music."
Do you find that to be true as well?
P.S.
Kudos to anyone who can tame a Phono EQ or Baxandall for hi-fi use.
Or because most equipment are "more accurate" or "less colored" than a live performance.........😀
Drop RR a line. I don't know him, but from his writing he comes off as a pretty reasonable guy. Certainly has some impressive experience. And a paragraph down, he talks about just that sort of response variation. "Response changes this large can be easily heard in an A-B listening test."
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