Julf wrote: > No, we are in a golden era of great, affordable audio gear. That has > driven the "hi-end" to become a luxury goods market.
Very true indeed. Julf wrote: > No, because the industry that makes all this possible is not the > audiophile hi-end industry (that only puts standard circuits in fancy > boxes) but the electronics industry that produces the circuits, chips > and components that make affordable, high-quality products possible. > > Exactly. Engineering. As practised by engineers (who design chips, > circuits and algorithms). Not "designers" who put the circuits in fancy, > "aerospace-grade" aluminium cases. Engineers, hooray for engineers! (full disclosure: I am a mechanical engineer) Mnyb wrote: > I do want the old times back when this hobby made sense . I think its > time for a reboot :) I think that this little sub-forum, which should be called "Formerly known as Audiophiles" is a good start for that much needed reboot. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102330 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
