rgro;697470 Wrote: > Gotta' vote with Jeff Flowerday, PasTim and HumanMedia. "No harm, no > foul." Soundcheck's mods and SBGK's mods to Soundcheck's mods are > entirely optional. People can try them or not and use or discard them > as they choose. I tend to believe that most folks here are intelligent > enough to understand that it's just experimentation. If someone tries > the various mods and, after a bit of listening time, feels their > system's sound has benefited, then great. If there's no perception of > benefit or it's detrimental, they can put things back to the original > Logitech settings. Each of gets to form our own, admittedly > subjective, opinion/perceptions based on our own experience. Why is > that such an affront? > > (I'd underline this if I could!) but n the context of this thread , I > don't particularly care whether the perceived benefit is real or > imagined. I understand that it could, theoretically, be neither, > either, or some of both and, in this case, that's actually just fine > with me. > > It only costs me a few minutes of my time---which is entirely my choice > to spend---to try these modifications. Anyone who's read even the > tiniest fragment of this and other threads can pretty much figure out > that, absent double-blind listening tests, getting to any conclusive, > objective evidence of a real positive change doesn't exist. So, then, > it becomes subjective and a matter of opinion--to my mind not much > different than my arguing that I like Mahler better than Mozart. And, > I personally think that's a kind of discussion that can and should be, > at the least, tolerated with the clear understanding that we are having > that sort of subjective discussion. > > Neither of these fellows is trying to hoodwink people out of any money > and, from the beginning, this entire thread is about nothing more than > the perception of better sound as a result of trying the various mods. > I see nothing at all wrong in continuing this thread. I find no small > delight---not in the hyperbole, rancor, and attacks from either side of > this particular issue---but in the very human quest to "make things > better". > > Really, if one objects to what Soundcheck, SBGK, and the various other > folks who've contributed their tweaks and mods here, pay no more > attention to them. Most of us already know that there are substantive > objections. The rehashing of those over and over again, along with the > personal attacks, is just as annoying to folks who enjoy trying these > mods as the "second coming" claims are to those who think the mods are > B.S. We've heard both sides ad nauseum. > > If the Logitech moderators feel the thread is genuinely detrimental to > the product, I have no doubt that this thread would quickly disappear. > Otherwise, please allow each of us to weigh the already-stated pros and > cons and form our own opinions.
+1! Well put. Guido F. -- guidof MUSIC ROOM: Marantz TT 15S1 Turntable, Virtuoso Wood Cartridge->Conrad Johnson Motif preamp Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player->Cambridge Azur 840C DAC Vortexbox Appliance->WiFi Bridge->Squeezebox Touch->Toslink->Cambridge Azur 840C DAC->Adcom GFP-750 preamp->Music Reference RM-200 Mk II amp -> Martin Logan SL3s DSpeaker Antimode 8033->REL T1 Sub BEDROOM: Squeezebox Touch (analog out)->Little Dot Mk III amp->AKG K701 headphones SECOND BEDROOM: Squeezebox Touch->Grado SR125 headphones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ guidof's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40448 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
