Archimago wrote: > Who know Mnyb, maybe it's just going to be a slow burn... > > The majority have found excellent sounding cell phones and iPads for > personal listening - just need better headphones than Beats. The family > room has a decent receiver and for the folks who want better sound, > they'll be looking for better speakers for a more social experience if > the soundbar isn't good enough. > > As the current "audiophile" magazines and spiritualist audiophiles > dwindle over time, the bizarre industry that catered to them will > dissipate. And all the while "Rage, rage against the dying of the > light." > > I think there will still be a good number of folks who just love the > high-fidelity experience and want to own hardware capable of it. > Hopefully this group just stays sane :-).
Yes small signal and digital signal parity is reached today . Or should be , surprisingly enough there mistakes in many products as the general customer don't care or are not aware . This is why thorough third party measurements is essential for component reviews and to call out the voodoo designed components for what they are But there are a lot of considerations anyway to choose the rigth product , functionality features interoperability and quality ..... The amps I hope will be a commodity inside active speakers . The benefit of an active filter is so great that any and all differences between decent power amps is irrelevant , even more interesting much of the hi tech in expensive drivers is due the natural consequences of passive filter design they get to complex so many resign to very shallow 6dB first order or 12dB or something , the driver is used over a to wide bandwith especially tweeters -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105200 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
