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"Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain." Audiophile Example #1
Sidebar: Awhile back there was a very high end audio store located near
where I live in the far suburbs of Washington DeeCee where I hung around on occasion.. Got pretty friendly with one of the sales folks and we would shoot the breeze when there weren't customers around. One day he tells me about a customer, who owned a ultra high-end rig, who had come in and was complaining that the previous night he had attended a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington. He said the symphony's sound didn't have the "air" of his home system. Now let's face it: a true blue, dedicated, audiophile lusts for nothing more than the top-of-the-line turntable going to a top-of-the-line tube phono stage to a top-of-the-line tube pre-amp to a top-of-the-line tube amp and then to their top-of-the-line speakers. So much for minimium distortion, jitter, etc. in your system. |
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Jim wrote:
Sidebar: Awhile back there was a very high end audio store located near where I live in the far suburbs of Washington DeeCee where I hung around on occasion.. Got pretty friendly with one of the sales folks and we would shoot the breeze when there weren't customers around. One day he tells me about a customer, who owned a ultra high-end rig, who had come in and was complaining that the previous night he had attended a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington. He said the symphony's sound didn't have the "air" of his home system. Hmm, of all the audiophile buzzwords he could have picked, that choice is least credible: to complain of lack of 'air' in a space the size of the Kennedy Center! But 'imaging' and 'detail' could reasonably be thought superior in a home system compared to a concert hall (assuming 'more' = 'superior'). If you get a bad seat, even something as simple as left/right instrumental balance could be way off at a concert hall, compared to the sweet spot at home. Next time he should complain about those ; -- -S It's not my business to do intelligent work. -- D. Rumsfeld, testifying before the House Armed Services Committee |
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Jim wrote:
Sidebar: Awhile back there was a very high end audio store located near where I live in the far suburbs of Washington DeeCee where I hung around on occasion.. Got pretty friendly with one of the sales folks and we would shoot the breeze when there weren't customers around. One day he tells me about a customer, who owned a ultra high-end rig, who had come in and was complaining that the previous night he had attended a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington. He said the symphony's sound didn't have the "air" of his home system. Now let's face it: a true blue, dedicated, audiophile lusts for nothing more than the top-of-the-line turntable going to a top-of-the-line tube phono stage to a top-of-the-line tube pre-amp to a top-of-the-line tube amp and then to their top-of-the-line speakers. So much for minimium distortion, jitter, etc. in your system. I've posted this before, but it's worth posting again: http://www.zainea.com/areaudiophilesmusiclovers.htm |
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