The BM is a huge leap in performance over my TC 7520 (with updated op-amps). Most noticeable is the expressiveness in the vocals, followed by depth and layering and space between the music's ebb and flow.
Still running -in but it's a beauty
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The BM is a huge leap in performance over my TC 7520 (with updated op-amps). Most noticeable is the expressiveness in the vocals, followed by depth and layering and space between the music's ebb and flow.
Still running -in but it's a beauty
Now I've discovered there are better things than sliced bread. That's the price you pay for living in a technologically advanced age -- your pet likes and dislikes continue being challenged. Another day, another dollar.Quote:
Originally Posted by roob
nowt wrong wi' a bit of enthusiasm..Quote:
Originally Posted by magiccarpetride
Good is good, better is more good. :)
Another thing I've noticed yesterday is how Bushmaster handles mp3s way better than Caiman. I was listening to several mp3 tracks and was amazed at the substantiality and the body mass that Bushmaster was able to squeeze out of the compressed data. Usually lossy mp3 format tends to sound a bit hollow, as if the instruments are mere holographic projections, instead of being made out of solid material.Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
Some of us already mentioned that...do keep up! :eyebrows: :D
That's what amazes me as well. At first these products are so much better then the rest, but then someone discovers that a with a specific opamp or a certain interlink it sounds way superior. That of course is all very well possible at some stage but where does it end, if there is any? Does it get better and better and better and....?Quote:
Originally Posted by roob
I am not an expert at all but I think the human mind perceives "different sounding" as "better sounding", once it is familiarised with the current sound. The perfect sound should (I guess) be the same as one would hear when attending a live performance of that artist. If that goals is reached, the sound can't be improved in my non-technical opinion. Still there appear to be a zillion configurations that improve the sound.
Maybe the perfect sound is just unreachable. I will keep trying though. :eyebrows:
Yep, the same thought has struck me many times on here. I realise that there is a natural tendency to keep 'mum' and move it on quick rather than post about it if you think you've bought a 'pup', but there does seem to me to be a preponderence of "Oooh yes, this is much better than what it replaced" sort of posts. And with some members they just seem to get better and better, ad infinitum, with every one of their very frequent changes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fi-Wi
I guess a lot of it must be 'in the mind', it's the only logical conclusion I can think of.
Dave.
Steven,
no, I seriously doubt this. Let’s face it: This type of hysterical enthusiasm is part of the game played by adult boys. Once they exceed a certain age, the electric toy railway will be replaced by HiFi. If these dudes would just purchase a good piece of gear which sounds fantastic right out of the box, they were terribly bored.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fi-Wi
Others prefer to buy the best sounding equipment they can afford, just plug it in, forget about the gear and listen to music. I have a fondness for devices where the power supply is integrated in the housing, not only because it is less cumbersome.
One part of the HiFi enthusiasts likes to listen to music. Another part obviously prefers to listen to various PSUs, rechargeable batteries, accumulators, different power cords and connection cables, while they watch their new toys ripening to unimaginable blooms. Any old record by Dire Straits or the recently released, re-re-remastered and re-re-remixed 32-bit version of “Dark side of the moon” is the perfect soundtrack while waiting until the new DAC shall hit that magic 500-hour burn-in mark.
Well, to each his own, I guess. All this certainly is better than getting drunk on Saturday evenings while watching TV and torturing the dog or the “missus” :-)
Werner.
Reading some of these comments makes me wonder what the point is of trying to improve the accuracy and quality of the music that is played back.
No matter how much time and effort audio designers put into improving equipment, there will always be people who are quite happy with what they have already been listening to before. There is no doubt about that. But to take issues with improvements is taking things in a completely different realm. I would even suggest that holders of such views should spend less time on audio forums. Atheists don't go to church after all.