Yes, seeing that brand logo makes a huge difference.Copland amp + either Kudos or Neat speakers good synergy, Naim amp + Kudos or Neat speakers = headache.
Now try it without peeking.
Yes, seeing that brand logo makes a huge difference.Copland amp + either Kudos or Neat speakers good synergy, Naim amp + Kudos or Neat speakers = headache.
Difficult!Yes, seeing that brand logo makes a huge difference.
Now try it without peeking.
But necessary if you're interested in what you actually hear.Difficult!
This is a weird tick of hobbyists - they seize on the most impractical, unreliable, and esoteric object as the sine qua non of their hobby. It must be because the experience is heightened for the narrow window in which the product actually works. The Apogee Scintilla was a great example. I view it as an engineering fail, given the demands it puts on amps. The manufacturer never provided evidence of a connection between its ridiculous load profile and the sound, it was just sort of assumed.when people kept talking about how HD800 was the holy grail of headphones but you need a god tier amp with incredible amounts of power to drive them. Nobody could give a plausible explanation of why HD800 of all headphones would work that way,
Looks like different people take offence at using the word subjective, but what's the alternative if you want to refer to the type of audiophile that only trusts his ears and refutes scientific concensus? @MattHooper already asked for it but I don't see proposals. We need something that's practical in use, you can't expect us to use descriptions like 5 page legal agreements.Nothing. It’s an inherently oversimplified labelling system. Little more than an attempt at intellectualised name-calling. That is exactly how it has been used in the past, and this thread is no different.
How can anyone avoid looking before listening. Could identify Naim amplification blind or not.But necessary if you're interested in what you actually hear.
Trusting one's ears is a necessity, and that is exactly why subjective judgment is crucial. Subjective, not uncontrolled. The problem is that lying brain.Looks like different people take offence at using the word subjective, but what's the alternative if you want to refer to the type of audiophile that only trusts his ears and refutes scientific concensus?
Great, let's see you do it.Could identify Naim amplification blind or not.
Indeed, that's what I referred to in my second paragraph.Trusting one's ears is a necessity, and that is exactly why subjective judgment is crucial. Subjective, not uncontrolled.
Good suggestions, although the risk is some might be considered as even more offensive. A diffult problem.The correct words for someone loudly drawing conclusions while denying the need for basic controls would be things like "superstitious," "faith-based," "anti-science," and "irrational
No never. The only thing I've ever bought that was a total disappointment was the Linn Sondek bought in 1976 on the basis of all the hype. It had to to be better than a Connoisseur BD1 didn't it? Sadly, sonically it wasn't. No worse clearly, but no better. Before then I'd thought that all a turntable had to do was to go round at the right speed. With all the hype surrounding the Linn, I doubted myself, but after buying the Linn, I realised that was spot-on. As long as the turntable goes round at the right speed with low rumble and W&F, everything else is mounting/locating/siting.Serge have you ever made a mistake buying kit after reading the measurement? Admittedly my quest for Audio Nirvana has been littered with mistakes. Sometimes feel like a HiFi junkie, same high after the fix and the cold turkey come down when I admit it sounds like s***. This time Iv’e got it right at least until January?
Pay for my airfare and hotel costs once the pandemic is over and you’re on!Great, let's see you do it.
I think it is easy enough, certainly easier than trying lots of different kit, buying, selling, buying again all in the hope of Audio Bliss. Good EQ is NOT expensive, the Behringer DEQ1296 is cheaper than some people pay for an interconnect, and it's as good as it needs to be for transparency. I'm not referring to room EQ, as I don't use it, never seen the point, much prefer to get the room comfortable without EQ, then accept what it does, just as I accept the room for everyday speech and domestic sounds. Anechoically flat loudspeakers (after EQ) in a benign domestic room and that's as good as it gets without a dedicated space.Sounds nice in principle, not so easy to do in practice.
EQ certainly cannot fix all the problems in most real-life rooms where we put our speakers. And good EQ is hard to come by since most amps/streamers/DACs don’t have it. At most you get Audyssey in an AV receiver, as a cost-effective option, and I don’t think that’s good enough for music unless you severely limit it at bass management only.
Good EQ is expensive. The only easy to use solutions are RoomPerfect and ARC, and they’re very expensive. The rest, on top of that, are hard to implement (Dirac - I get a headache just reading the miniDSP manuals, and I am a REW user) or very inconvenient (Roon, which requires at least one PC in your audio chain).
Oh, it truly doesn’t.
Yes, I now realize how shallow and banal* my comment was. Thanks for your objectivity!I’m waiting for someone to jump in to tell us the proper definition of the term ‘hobby’. One that we can all agree on (Mr. @MattHooper ?) You know, to bridge the epistemological divide
There exists almost a century of peer reviewed studies which converge upon the same outcome. I wouldn't take that bet.Pay for my airfare and hotel costs once the pandemic is over and you’re on!
In turn we’ll test several amplifiers unsighted and I would like to to identify the Amp from the measured results.
Got to agree about the LP12 overhyped. Around the same time 1976 listened to an LP12 and a Technics DD turntable bought the Technics and never regretted it. Would still have it if my daughter who was storing it hadn’t moved house and left it behind. Been underwhelmed by many bits of kit that measured well and had great subjective reviews. A few years ago did a listening test on speakers for a dealer in Norwich. Remember some huge Triangle speakers with more drivers than I had fingers and toes, a pair of Magnepaners and a pair of large ATC speakers. The ATCs were the only ones I would have given house room too.No never. The only thing I've ever bought that was a total disappointment was the Linn Sondek bought in 1976 on the basis of all the hype. It had to to be better than a Connoisseur BD1 didn't it? Sadly, sonically it wasn't. No worse clearly, but no better. Before then I'd thought that all a turntable had to do was to go round at the right speed. With all the hype surrounding the Linn, I doubted myself, but after buying the Linn, I realised that was spot-on. As long as the turntable goes round at the right speed with low rumble and W&F, everything else is mounting/locating/siting.
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Note well that he didn't mention what he'd pay ME if the results were random.There exists almost a century of peer reviewed studies which converge upon the same outcome. I wouldn't take that bet.