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Default Once upon a midnight clear....

On Jan 24, 2:30*am, olgeezer wrote:
On Jan 7, 1:55*pm, Jenn wrote:





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*Ferstler wrote:
On Jan 7, 4:11*pm, MiNe 109 * wrote:
In article
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*Ferstler wrote:
On Dec 24 2009, 5:35*pm, MiNe 109 *
wrote:
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*John Atkinson wrote:


On Dec 24, 1:28*pm, George M. Middius
wrote:
'Twas the night before Kroodown, and all 'round Goose Puke....


An oldie but goldie, George. But the foe seems long gone,
if not into that dark night, at least somewhere else.


But Harold Ferstler has reemerged, writing equipment
reports for AudioXpress under the title "Reliable Reviews."


He's beating the same old drum, with ossified thoughts about level
matching, pink noise and even that Villchur live-vs-recorded string
quartet demo.


"Reliable." Gotta give him that!


Stephen


Yo, Stephen. Interesting to see that after me being away for months
and months you still have not found anything better to do with your
life than make smart-assed remarks about me on RAO. Yeah, I am
reliable, and I am also correct.


I made a bunch of other comments that hardly mentioned you at all.


It is interesting that you found a relatively straightforward article
on setting up speaker levels for intelligent comparison work so "old
drum" in concept. How do you compare speakers, bucko? Do you bother to
level match at all, or do you just guesstimate and then revel in your
conclusions?


As for the Villchur demos, well, you have not a clue what you are
talking about.


That would be a failure of your powers of description if you really
think so.


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You are a paradigm of the modern audio expert and enthusiast. I'll bet
you have never done a refined comparison between speakers or between
amps in your life.


Here's a clue, Howard: *Most people who like listening to their audio
systems and to music haven't, never will, and don't care to.


It is fortunate that the state of audio electronics is such that it
hardly matters which amp one buys. *Loudspeakers are another subject
altogether and in most instances differences are obvious. *They are
and will continue to be the biggest flaw in any audio system.


The "audio system" I see in most people's homes these days consists of
an iPod and a docking station. Most people also do not listen to music
on their home theaters. They watch movies.

The majority of those who actually do have and enjoy audio systems get
ridiculed by those who can't afford them for not running scientific
tests to prove that they really like what they like.

Isn't that a stupid situation?