Hi Greg,
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Thanks for your response to my out burst.
LOL - I'm glad you seen it as an "out burst", too!
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The trouble is I don't buy your arguement. I've always been a bit suspicious of your ears. The trouble with your personal situation is that you are completely dependent on others to modify or upgrade your kit. That of course includes quality scratch builds such as your amp. Therefore you are always vulnerable to the influence the trader would seek to bring upon you.
Well, you're entitled to your opinion. No doubt, no matter what I say it won't change your mind, and that's fine. Nevertheless, I can assure you the only thing that influences me these days is what my ears tell me. I'm sorry, but people who know me well would laugh at your assertion. Therefore, perhaps one day if you find yourself in my neck of the woods you could pop round and get to know both me and what my system is about rather better than you do now ;)
You would be most welcome.
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You should get wise in this situation. Your trade connections will not generally deliberately intend to pull the wool over your eyes...
I'm sorry, but you're way off-beam there - perish the thought! :lol:
Maybe that was the case in the ‘bad old days’, but most definitely not now. Like I said, if that's what you think then you really don't know me at all.
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In contrast, I'm totally confident in the ears of someone like NRG because he does it all for himself and furthermore, we've held numerous listening sessions where our individual opinions seem to correspond. In consequence, I know if Neal thinks it's right, there is a significant likelyhood I will also.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with Neal (who incidentally is someone whose opinion I respect). I haven't heard the effect of cryo-treated IEC sockets, which I believe was his main bone of contention in reference to Mark's ‘advertorial’, so I've got no idea what effect they have or not. However, what I will never do is prejudge anything, no matter how seemingly 'ridiculous' it is without first having listened myself. I remain open-minded at all to times to all possibilities with hi-fi.
With regard to Neal, as I say I do respect his opinion, having heard some of his kit a few times at Owston, especially at the last one where both the PL-71 and SP10 he brought sounded fabulous. However, I'd like to think that the feeling was mutual, as I'm sure he would agree that my modified SL-1210 sounded none too shabby compared to either, or even Will's superb Garrard 401...
I may not build my own kit, Greg, but I use the Owston fests to test my gear against some of the best D.I.Y builds one can find. The very fact that this time, all the kit I brought with me (T/T, preamp/phonostage) matched the performance of what was there should prove that I know what I'm doing to achieve a good sound. Nick G commented this time that everyone's kit (mine included) sounded remarkably similar - just different 'flavours' rather than anything being intrinsically superior.
The fact is my Audiocom-modified Sony DAC was always one of the top performers everytime I brought it with me. Likewise, I'm confident that had I brought my Copper amp or Tannoys to the last meeting, they'd also have more than held their own with the excellent designs produced from scratch by the D.I.Y-ers :)
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I don't doubt that Audiocom produce some good stuff. I had a really bad ordering experience with them before, hense my negative views to be associated with my scepticism over this product.
Well, like I said, I can't comment on that as I know nothing about it. All I can say is that all the dealings I've had with Mark have been first-class, and I can also say the same for a few of my friends who've bought his products.
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I won't buy into Bybee technology (as it's apparently a mystic secret) or cryo'd sockets. It's Snake Oil coupled to auto-suggestion readily used by the trader. The trader themselves will be oblivious to this and not recognise it. They are too engulfed in their business practice and are blinkered to the truth. I don't blame them for that. After all, they are sellers of Hi-Fi.
That's your decision. As far as I'm concerned the only "truth" is what your ears tell you, and I've heard enough of the 'Bybee effect' in my own system to be convinced of its efficacy.
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I appear to have challenged your credibility here. Will I get banned?
Oh yes and with immediate effect, my boy. March tout-suite to the headmaster's office for 20 strokes of the cane! :lolsign:
Marco.
