Only if the mastering engineer also used them.Not even the 4:33?
Only if the mastering engineer also used them.Not even the 4:33?
That’s called integrity.
And that’s why I would consider buying his expensive gear.
Can we please stop giving this man YouTube views? I worry he will die from Collyer Syndrome if he squeezes any more Zu products (purchased with YouTube royalties) into that room.
Sadly, my opinion of Weiss went through the floor when they decided to sell 'Audiophile' cables at snake oil prices. 425 for a 1m AES/EBU cable for example. Anything over, say £40 for such a cable is a rip off. I say £40 because, for example, a ready made Industry standard, broadcast standard AES/EBU cable can be bought for under £20 Canford Audio AES/EBU cable
I'm being generous by doubling the price for 'audiophile' rebranding and marketing by a third party company such as Weiss. Even if you double that to allow for 'profit' it still comes out at £80.
Indeed. Please stop encouraging him and giving him extra royalties.
IMO, Guttenberg is a dangerous person. I say that because his arguments appear quite logical and rational on the surface. It's only when you think deeper into what he says does one notice he's actually very crafty. I put him in the same category as flat earthers. Logical arguments designed to suck in unsuspecting and not very bright people.
Sadly he also manages to suck in intelligent people, although I don't understand how.
Selling overpriced goods to (mostly «crazy» Asian/Russian?) customers who wish a certain price level above alle else, what’s wrong with that? It’s the charlatans and quacksalvers who are the big problem.
For religious reasons H.D. Harwood, the famous BBC speaker designer, never listened to music (only spoken word). And yet he is a legendary speaker designer.
I don't understand this at all. Harmonic distortion is a measure of departure from linearity, and IMD is the result when two (or more) tones are subject to non-linearity. Consequently, I don't see how it's possible to have very low THD and high IMD or vice-versa.
That's another myth. The observations he cites were made with sighted, uncontrolled listening. Those outcomes are routinely wrong. Listening tests published for speakers for example show that we are remarkably alike in detecting what is or is not good sound.History teaches us a couple of things. First it shows that no 2 people hear the same thing the same way. There were many who thought those 0.00001% THD amps sounded fine. But there were others that were certain something was wrong with them. For those that had doubts, some stayed with older designs while others pushed on and found a technical reason and a solution to their dissatisfaction. That is how progress works.
That's another myth. The observations he cites were made with sighted, uncontrolled listening. Those outcomes are routinely wrong. Listening tests published for speakers for example show that we are remarkably alike in detecting what is or is not good sound.
Is that Billy Cobham? I don't know. Really cool album review from a drummer perspective regardless... here's the link:
And for a full on Cobham interview, I was reading this:
https://www.thestranger.com/slog/20...u-orchestra-miles-davis-peter-gabriel-etc-etc
This refers to the Harman research you've brought up before? I can't remember, but I should read up on that stuff.
So if two people have wildly different subjective opinions about a pair of speakers, we can put that down to the other equipment in the chain, what music was played, room acoustics, etc.? Because in practice these opinions aren't usually formed in a controlled environment.
Correct. There a few AES papers but you can start with Sean's blog post: http://seanolive.blogspot.com/2008/12/loudspeaker-preferences-of-trained.htmlThis refers to the Harman research you've brought up before?