Golden Earring wrote: > I know that there is a small contingent of technophiles who actually > have little appreciation of music & select their recordings to "show > off" the capabilities of their equipment. I am firmly in the opposite > camp, I would prefer not to "hear" my system at all, just the music. And > I hope that the vast majority of this forum's members would agree with > me on this.
Except for those of us who play electric/electronic instruments (where the equipment is responsible for the sound to a high degree). > I am old enough to remember Peter Walker I also remember the days of Wireless World proper, when people like Baxandall and Linsley Hood not only shared their designs, but also the design rationale behind them. I guess the closest modern thing was Linear Audio - unfortunately the most recent issue was also the last one. :( "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106914 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles