ralphpnj wrote: > No one is questioning your dedication to obtaining the best possible > sound from your audio system and I for one certainly respect your quest > for better sound. What we are questioning is your blind faith in so many > of these charlatans claiming to be audio experts and the marketing > departments of high end audio equipment manufacturers. Sure there are > lots of ways to improve the sound of an audio system, all many of us are > trying to do is to steer you away from the blind alley and rabbit holes > of that constitute so much of high end audio. Audiophile power cords, > USB cables, pricy interconnects and speaker wires are all very nice but > they do nothing to improve the sound of audio system. Room treatments, > proper component matching, speaker placement and even upgrading/updating > older equipment are all areas that have the potential to actually > improve the sound of one's audio system. Plus there is the added bonus > of knowing that most of us on this forum are not trying to sell you > something or keep an advertiser happy and therefore do not have any > hidden agenda or motives. > > Remember that many of us where once dyed in the wool audiophiles just > like you (a quick look at our equipment lists will bear this out) but > over time we started to question some of the claims being made by the > audiophile gurus and slowly we began to see things differently. > > An example of what I'm trying to say is my evolving attitude towards to > the headphones I own or would like to purchase. In my "audiophile" days > I would get a new headphones and immediately start looking to upgrade > the cables. Now I get new headphones and no longer worry about the > cables since I pretty the stock cables that came with the Beyerdynamic > T1s or the Sennheiser HD800s are quite capable of delivering high > quality sound. I am also quite sure that difference between the > Beyerdynamic T1 and the Beyerdynamic DT 880s (both of which I own) is > vastly greater than say the difference between my ten year old Headroom > Desktop Amp and the new Oppo headphone amp. Not that I wouldn't enjoy > having a new Oppo headphone amp. So, you see, I don't by a long stretch > believe that everything sounds the same, it's just that now I try to > focus my attention and money towards things that can and do actually > make a difference. > > All of the above is an attempt to try and help you to understand where > many are coming from since you seem o have some trouble understanding > our position. And besides I'm really getting tried of all the hostility > - from all sides. In end I think that you will find that we are all on > the same journey, just a points along that journey.
Whoever the reasonable fellow is that stole ralphpnj's login and password that allows him to post here, please give it back to him ;>). Rg System information ------------------------ Main: Vortexbox/Squeezelite > USB> Benchmark DAC2 D > LFD LE IV Signature amp > Revel Performa F208 speakers. Home Theatre: Touch (Wired) > Pioneer VSX 919 > Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1, Touch FW 7.8.0-r16754. LMS 7.9.0 - 0.71.20150313git1426153261 on a 1TB Micro Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
