rgro wrote: > I tend to agree with a good part of what you say, Ralph. For good or > bad, I happen to own a server that has only analog and usb output. So, > for me, USB out it is to the dac. Honestly, I think the sound of my > music system is extremely good--at least to my ears---and I've been > super happy with it. I don't share any belief that USB is a data > transmission protocol that is horribly burdened with all manner of > issues that compromise the audio quality. Quite the opposite, in fact. > It sounds damn good! > > I also agree with your first question. What, indeed, is the difference? > What is the bfd if I, or anyone else, for that matter want to try a > relatively inexpensive device (which, btw, hasn't, to my knowledge, been > touted by any of your clowns--at least not yet) that purports to make it > sound a little better? I will be the judge of that regardless of what > you, Arny, JohnS, or anybody else attempts to program me to think. I've > seen absolutely nothing from JohnS OR Arny that proves or disproves that > the device in question empirically does or does not deliver a solution > to a problem, or whether the problem does or does not even exist. But, > like Archimago, here, who is at least willing to try some testing on it > (if he can lay hands on one) before he dismisses it out of hand, I'm > willing to spend a bit of my money and have a listen. If it's > inconclusive, I may wait to see if JohnS and/or Archimago do publish > some measurement data that does or doesn't back up the many subjective > claims out there on CA as to whether the gadget actually does something. > Absent that and absent my own (albeit, very individual and subjective) > impression of any distinct change for the better, it gets returned. > Apparently, in the enlightened world of clarity that Arny inhabits, this > causes some monumental affront and automatically earns derision and > affixes me with all manner of, ahem, less than complimentary labels. > > In terms of the economic value of my time, I've spent 100X the cost of > the device in question playing around with minute and very subjective > adjustments to my speaker positioning. There are many different "how to > manuals", consultants, and opinions as to how one positions speakers and > the fact that somebody uses one method vs. another and achieves their > version of success/improvement doesn't seem to bother anybody in the > least. I'm sure there are 20 people who would both look and listen and > tell me I've got the positioning wrong based on all manner of both > science and subjectivity and that I am trying to solve problems that > don't exist. But, hey, the process was interesting, and I learned > something. The speakers sound really good to me right where they are > now and I'm quite o.k. with that. Tomorrow, well....that's another > matter, heheh. > > Arny's going to do what he does and entertain people until his dying > day....of that I'm quite sure. But I object, out of principle, to > somebody trying to take down a person, company, or product by hiding > behind a construct of rationality and dodging in and out of from behind > that construct to take potshots at anybody and everybody who doesn't > happen to agree with his opinion. And that would be the case for me in > ANY similar situation (audio-related or not) as I've got no skin in with > either Arny nor the Uptone folks. And, for now, opinion is all that > Arny has as, in this case, he has neither proved nor disproved ANYTHING. > He is, in fact and in this case, no different than the device and > organization he's trying to disparage.
bravo; and thank you. -- 4 TB Drobo-->FW 800-->mac mini-->Ethernet Transporter--> Wireworld Eclipse 6 coax-->Meridian G61 G61--> Nordost Red Dawn-->Primare 30.3 Primare-->Ocos--Vienna Acoustics Beethoven/Maestro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ netchord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103746 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
