Pale Blue Ego;437050 Wrote: > And it has nothing to do with the built-in conflict of interest. IMO it > is the emergence of everyman journalism that really rankles the > "professionals" - especially when the everyman knows his stuff and the > professional does not. > > ... The millions of computer-savvy readers know immediately when the > reviewer is full of it.
I better be careful what I say here because my brother is deputy Editor of The Guardian... but that is "proper journalism". Great post PBE. I think the cat is partially out of the bag - except for vinyl replay of pre-1980 albums, virtually all audio is fundamentally "computer-based" these days (CD, Satellite/TV, Radio (DAB/Internet), DVD/SACD etc, pretty much every recording/mastering studio in the world). Using a "computer" as an async transport+ bit accurate rips is completely benign from an audio perspective. The journalistic focus should shift away from transport sound quality to functionality/ease of use etc. Rather like it was in the early 70's really... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64972 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
