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Anyone planning to attend Definitive's "Music Matters" demonstration fest
in Seattle this Thursday evening?

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On Monday, March 5, 2018 at 10:49:47 AM UTC-8, Ed Presson wrote:
Anyone planning to attend Definitive's "Music Matters" demonstration fest
in Seattle this Thursday evening?

Ed Presson


sure wished I lived up there.
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On Monday, March 5, 2018 at 10:49:47 AM UTC-8, Ed Presson wrote:
Anyone planning to attend Definitive's "Music Matters" demonstration fest
in Seattle this Thursday evening?

Ed Presson


sure wished I lived up there.


The weather here was so dismal (heavy rain, wind) that I reluctantly decided
not to go.

Ed


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I am not being the slightest bit snarky when I ask this:

Unless your interest is purely social, and purely for being around like-minded people, which is worthy in its own right, why would someone go to such an event?

Other than transducers (speakers, microphones, phono-cartridges, headphones, guitar pick-ups and so forth), there is nothing new or improvable in the audio hobby. Bigger, perhaps. More powerful, perhaps. But better? Not hardly. So, I have to ask.

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I am not being the slightest bit snarky when I ask this:

Unless your interest is purely social, and purely for being around
like-minded people, which is worthy in its own right, why would someone go
to such an event?

Other than transducers (speakers, microphones, phono-cartridges, headphones,
guitar pick-ups and so forth), there is nothing new or improvable in the
audio hobby. Bigger, perhaps. More powerful, perhaps. But better? Not
hardly. So, I have to ask.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
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Good question, I guess. I concur, it is transducers that vary the most, so
it is interesting to hear what high end companies think is good sound. Last
year, the answers seemed to vary
widely from demo room to demo room. Of course, the systems include only
those represented by Definitive Audio, and last year there were no large
planar speakers like Magnepan or
electrostatic speakers. Still, I found it interesting. I listen mostly to
classical recordings, mostly symphonic; that music was used less than 30% of
the time. Most of the classical recordings, however,
were quite fine, often done by the equipment manufacturers like Linn, rather
than commercial CDs or SACDs.

It was also interesting (in a ghastly way) to hear the prices of the most
expensive gear.

I hope this answers your question.

Ed Presson




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On Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 11:55:53 AM UTC-4, Ed Presson wrote:


I hope this answers your question.


Thank you - it does!

It is a shame that no planar speakers were on-offer. I keep large Ribbon-Tweeter Maggies, and they are quite wonderful if driven from a brute-force amp. The other speakers are similar-vintage ARs and one set of Dynaco A35s.

As to costs: I ran a quick calculation using this source: http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

And came to find out that the system in my library would cost, in 2018 dollars: $33,474. For the record, I did not pay 10% of that for the entirety, including repairs and refurbishments to bring everything back to *perfect*.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

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