After reading the thread on what the goal of audio reproduction is I was reminded of a question I have thought about a bit over the years.
We've probably all heard of the audiophile who spends a fortune on equipment and listens to nothing but sound effects. Then I am reminded of an article I read in Audio mag (that ages me) in which the author defined an audiophile as someone who spends far more money on their recording collection than on their equipment. That seems to cover the two extremes. How many of us have heard systems that had all the Hi Fi credentials but sounded horrible. I would put Theil speakers in that category. Great soundstage, very clean and crisp and treble that consists of fingernails on a chalkboard (oops aged myself again). I think I fall into the "the music comes first group". Would you rather listen to mediocre music on a fabulous system, or great music on a mediocre system? -- regalma1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ regalma1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6658 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32378 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
