ralphpnj wrote: > Quite true but where does one draw the line? > > In the case of measurements, often times the measurements presented in > high end audio magazines are deemed irrelevant, especially when the > measurements run counter to the opinion. > > Well if the differences are there because of poorly designed equipment > then we are not comparing apple to apples. Falling back on the "well > designed" equipment reason is no reason at all.
docbob wrote: > It's pretty arbitrary, right? 16 years for driving. 18,000 ft for Class > A airspace... In our context, I think the arbitrary choice is up to the > person spending time and/or money. My line may be different from yours. > My own cost/benefit. > > May I edit? "High end audio magazines are deemed irrelevant" by me for > upholding standards to which I would hold myself. > > A poorly designed apple to the same poorly designed apple isn't valid? > That's what I meant. Many assume that if "it is known" how to design > properly, that all available designs are proper. That's not the case. First what I meant by "deemed irrelevant" is that the measurements as taken and presented by the high end audio magazine are dismissed by that very same magazine whenever those measurements run counter to the opinions being expressed. For example the measurements for two DACs under review, with one DAC costing under $500 and the other DAC costing well over $5000, are taken and presented and the measurements show that there are no measurable differences between the DACs but the review states that the expensive DAC clearly sounds better than the inexpensive DAC. In this case the measurements are deemed irrelevant by the reviewer since the measurements failed to show just how much better the expensive DAC sounds. In 2015 why are we even discussing poorly designed equipment, except of course when that poorly designed equipment is being used to prove a point that doesn't exist in properly and well designed equipment. 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=104227 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
