highdudgeon, I agree with everything you said in the last two posts. It is all a very individual and personal thing to decide how much some of these differences are worth.
Someone once asked me how close to a "live" event my system (retail price near $45K) was able to deliver. I told him "about 50%", and his jaw dropped. He said "wow, for that kind of money, and you can't even get close to a live event?" Then he heard it and told me that he thought it was pretty damn close to sounding like a live event. So everyone has their own measuring stick. (FWIW, my opinion is that it is not the goal of a stereo system to produce sound like a live event...my last trip to a blues club reminded me that live events often sound horrible, with cheap PA systems and terrible acoustics, and that there is no "pinpoint imaging" in live events. The goal of a stereo system is to re-produce the sound that a recording engineer...and that most recordings strive to create a sound that makes you perceive a space/soundstage and location of performers/images that replaces the spacial cues that you would normally have with your eyes). I also believe that small differences (say 5%) can be the difference between something that is totally fatiguing and something that is totally enjoyable.... And yeah...the phone and email on my website is the best way to reach me... -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22301 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
