audiobomber Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Great question and great response! The description of why best measurements don't equate to best sound is not controversial among audiophiles, but is heresy to the ASR crowd. I bought one of the highly touted, measurement-pristine DAC's that objectivists love, and it sounded like crap. Main System: QNAP TS-451+ NAS > Silent Angel Bonn N8 > Sonore opticalModule Deluxe v2 > Corning SMF with Finisar FTLF1318P3BTL SFPs > Uptone EtherREGEN > exaSound PlayPoint and e32 Mk-II DAC > Meitner MTR-101 Plus monoblocks > Bamberg S5-MTM sealed standmount speakers. Crown XLi 1500 powering AV123 Rocket UFW10 stereo subwoofers Upgraded power on all switches, renderer and DAC. Link to comment
Popular Post audiobomber Posted August 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2021 The human voice, a sax, a drum kt, all analog, not digital. Microphones, amps and recording equipment colour the sound. What I want from my system is that it keeps me interested in the music and does nothing to annoy me. toddrhodes, Confused, BigBoreFan and 3 others 5 1 Main System: QNAP TS-451+ NAS > Silent Angel Bonn N8 > Sonore opticalModule Deluxe v2 > Corning SMF with Finisar FTLF1318P3BTL SFPs > Uptone EtherREGEN > exaSound PlayPoint and e32 Mk-II DAC > Meitner MTR-101 Plus monoblocks > Bamberg S5-MTM sealed standmount speakers. Crown XLi 1500 powering AV123 Rocket UFW10 stereo subwoofers Upgraded power on all switches, renderer and DAC. Link to comment
audiobomber Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 5 hours ago, JJinPDX said: Remember in the good old days of tape? "Is it live or is it Memorex?" (I think I have that right) Sort of right. Usually when people say "tape", they mean Reel to Reel. The Memorex quote was in reference to Cassette tape. I remember the Memorex ads, where Ella Fitzgerald shattered a crystal glass with her singing. Then the Cassette version did the same. (Actually my memory said it was Aretha, but Wikipedia says it was Ella). Real life listening was less convincing. 😏 Bay Bloor Radio did a McIntosh demo in the early 1970's. A live band, consisting mostly of store employees, played a simple jazz tune, then it was replayed through all McIntosh gear. I couldn't hear a difference, which demonstrates how reliable blind testing is. Main System: QNAP TS-451+ NAS > Silent Angel Bonn N8 > Sonore opticalModule Deluxe v2 > Corning SMF with Finisar FTLF1318P3BTL SFPs > Uptone EtherREGEN > exaSound PlayPoint and e32 Mk-II DAC > Meitner MTR-101 Plus monoblocks > Bamberg S5-MTM sealed standmount speakers. Crown XLi 1500 powering AV123 Rocket UFW10 stereo subwoofers Upgraded power on all switches, renderer and DAC. Link to comment
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