What does Flat earth mean to you?

[The Vinyl Adventure]

There is no way in hell the sort of sound quality as I see it could be achived by going into audioT and spending the money I have spent, I know i have been lucky but I think peope should be made aware of that fact and this forum, in my view, does premote that idea! It would be such a shame to confuse tha ideal for somthing that is effectivly in a lot of peoples eyes the polar oposite!!

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Hmm 19 vs 8... If you vote for the second most popular option the first most popular gets 2 votes .. The other 3 votes are marco and steve and a spoiled ballot paper (defaults to ... Yes you guessed it)

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Ooo I feel like a right cheeky git now... Mick would have had a hissy fit and left by now

[Steve Toy]

The concept is perhaps difficult to explain and to grasp given the history but the intention is that folks get more out of their musical collections in terms of enjoyment on an emotional level. On that basis I'm happy to plug away.

Jean-Paul Sartre in pursuit of his existentialist philosophy (quite difficult to grasp yet quite pure in its principle) acknowledged the limitations of language as a signifier of meaning and believed that fluency, clarity of thought and even sheer verbosity would win through.

I hope through the development of this thread and stripping bare the connotations (both negative and positive) associated with the flat earth doctrine will eventually win through.

[Steve Toy]

Hamish, if you take out mine and Marco's votes you are still left with 17/8 in favour of the evaluation approach devoid of brand preconceptions as things currently stand.

The next step is the mains filter by Anthony - such things are taboo in the bandwaggon-laden definition of flat earth for such things are supposedly improving presentation at the expense of communication by killing dynamics in pursuit of a sound that is easier on the ear. Subjective evaluation to date confirms that in fact, Anthony's filter does not kill dynamics but actually enhances them along with all the benefits of a much lowered noise floor allowing better reproduction of harmonics and detail.

[alfie2902]

...and in addition we derive more in the way of texture, tonality and harmonics (musical communication) as well as imaging/staging (presentation.)


I guess it's a case of getting the best of both worlds, or earths.

There is a loose correlation between flat earth/round earth and subjectivism/objectivism.

Pretty much what I've been getting at Steve tbh.

[alfie2902]

Mains filters that will be interesting.

Will have to come after upgrading to the R2 crossover & some new amps!

Anyone want some 'Flat Earth' Expo's LOL

[Rare Bird]

Do you lot actually listern to music or F**k about with hi-fi nonsence all the time?



Something don't add up with the remarks about this topic somehow! Maybe trying to re-define something thats been defined before!

[Steve Toy]

Do you lot actually listern to music or F**k about with hi-fi nonsence all the time?

That old chestnut eh?

I guess our spare time gets divided up somehow between listening to music, forum frequenting and other stuff. Such is life and its various balances.

[Rare Bird]

That old chestnut eh?

I guess our spare time gets divided up somehow between listening to music, forum frequenting and other stuff. Such is life and its various balances.

No old chestnut sunshine..ffk sake steve you change your view about things like underpants.What happend to all this Densen rubbish you used to preach & then Spectral was it? now it's the completely the reverse!

What ever your new meaning of the term 'Flat Earth' is i'm sorry to say most know it as an other meaning..

I don't wanna get into a blazing row here but for crying out loud.