Insightful article by Roger Skoff "Paying For Nothing"
Yep here I go lets stir the pot, not really.
Was not sure where to put this as it is well written and covers every facet of our, hobby, obsession, passion, cult.
Enjoy and Merry Christmas.
I am an in-phase low power tube Bot.
While doing nothing to alter the musical signal becomes increasingly possible as our industry continues to learn more about the way things work, the basic facts of physics militate against our ever being able to completely achieve it.
THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO A SIGNAL THAT WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON IT! Despite all the well-meaning but uninformed people out there (a surprising number of whom even have the credentials to make you think they ought to know better), amplifiers, cables, and many other things that have been attacked as making no difference actually do.
@bkeske exactly why certain enlightened builders of gear seek to record and witness the original event as a baseline to discern how and how much the recording and playback chain influence changes… to wit many end up producing / sponsoring direct to disc recordings.. M and K, Conrad Johnson, Tim D, Wilson, Vandy, Peter L of Direct Grace….. ;-) but yes, it starts even before microphone selection… fun. I am a ribbon microphone robot in a electret world |
@tomic601 you are officially the Audiogon transmogrification bot! And nice article @jerryg123 I was reading it earlier today, everything does indeed matter whether MC said it first or not. 🤣 I am not a bot, as far as you know. |
