Archimago wrote: > As you know Wombat, measurements mean little to nothing to the religious > audiophiles.
Except when the measurements are done by one of their own (JA @ Stereophile) and which point the measurements can then be used to: 1) Prove how reasonable and highly scientific audiophiles can be 2) To form a stick to beat over the heads of the nonbelievers Audiophiles tend to use measurements and specs to either prove how great something is, e.g. the high resolution game 24bit > 16 bit = better, 192kHz > 44.1 kHz = better, or to be dismissed, e.g. distortion measurements of tube equipment. Numbers can be a nice little tool in the right hands. 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=103978 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
