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Is High End finally starting to accept multi-channel audio?
Hi,
I had to buy the latest HIFI+ (Issue 47) because it had an interesting POSITIVE article about how to build a multi-channel system using Arcams electronics and KEF speakers: Searching For A Multi-channel Standard the Arcam/KEF Reference system The "high end" press has been very quiet about multi-channel (except Stereophile / Music in the Round by KR). They seem to have wanted to forget this advancement in audio reproduction completely ... but is this going to change? best regards, Esa PS. The English Hifi News is a good example of this kind of a stupid attitude. But they still sometimes test and compare iPOD to other MP3 players that to me is somewhat weird ... but maybe they want to look up to date to the general public ... and multi-channel is not in. The Swedish Hifi&Music also took up multi-channel in one issue (the excellent Swedish multichannel record companies BIS and Opus3 have shown m-c capabilities lately) but after making a reader inquiry they found out that stories about multi-channel are not expected ... so that possibly was the end of that interest. German Stereoplay has no interest in m-c but Audio has at least installed some equipment to their readers for equipment comparison. They are not clearly showing interest in m-c but you can read their passive enthusiasm in the articles. And Audio even had a section for SACD and DVD-A record criticism but now it seems to be gone .... So what is wrong? The most active audiophiles are retro audiophiles that hate CD, digital audio in general and want to go back to the golden 70es and their youth. Extremely conservative gang that controls opinions of those younger audiophiles that for some strange reason have taken up hifi as their hobby. How do I detect a retro audiophile: 1. He/she typically hates ... CD and all digital audio ... sometimes SACD is OK ... multichannel audio ... active loudspeakers 2. He/she typical thinks that ... mechanical sound reproduction is state of the art forever (i.e. LPs) ... tube amplifiers rule ... cables are one of the most important factors of audio reproduction ... there are magic tools that can improve audio reproduction of equipment (like mats under your equipment or Golden Sound DH Cones, Squares, and Pads that even Ken K recommended in Hifi News one year ago). ... when the equipment costs outrageously much it just cannot be bad!!! ... I have "golden ears" that can detect even ultrasonics ... mass market products are inherently poor And typically he/she does not understand much about acoustics, mechanics, signal processing, electronics design etc. at all. Well ... this actually also goes very well with the market situation that is not improving (hifi is not a growth market) and but on the other hand ... outrageously priced items produce high margins for manufacturers and sales chain (even if the quantities are small) ... there is something to write about for the audio magazines (if all properly designed amplifiers would sound the same, Atkinson would not have anything to write about) ... small European and Chinese manufacturers have niche market for their products. PS2. sometimes it even seems to me that "High End" is about worshiping all sorts of audio anomalies ... |
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