No objective standards then? Only taste? My father didn't like HiFi - to harsh - he preferred Glen Miller on a 1940 Radiogram - no top at all, and a very limited dynamic range.Originally Posted by Primalsea
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No objective standards then? Only taste? My father didn't like HiFi - to harsh - he preferred Glen Miller on a 1940 Radiogram - no top at all, and a very limited dynamic range.
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1940s radiogram? Apart from the sound, it would be just my thing. I bet it looked lovely!
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LOL. To be honest, I'd love everything 'controversial' we hear with hi-fi (effects of stands, specialist mains cables, etc) to be provable by measurements and so put all the on-going bullshit arguments to bed. So let's hope science can catch up with what our ears already 'know'!
I'm certain these effects are real because I trust my ears and many years of experience with hi-fi, but it would give the objectivist sceptics the tangible evidence and 'crutch' they need to accept the existence of said effects, and thus save us subjectivists the headache of having to listen to (or read) their endless cynical diatribe on Internet forums
We can then all get along like best buddies and concentrate instead on enjoying music, maybe...
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Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
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Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Nah! Some folks just go through their internet usage lives being keyboard wankers. They will seek to troll and wind others up for their own amusement. I know of at least one forum that has effectively been killed off by pseudo-objectivist trolling.
Present company excepted of course.
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No, he needs two hands to type, and an undistracted brain.
One hand was otherwise busy, and the mind was elsewhere.
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Steve doesn't usually 'wake up' until at least 4pm
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Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
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Way off line and slightly offensive. Think along the lines of posting from a phone and predictive texting issues...No, he needs two hands to type, and an undistracted brain.
One hand was otherwise busy, and the mind was elsewhere.
I've since edited the post from my PC and elaborated a bit more.
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I do hope you mean 'crutch' !!!
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Apologies.
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