@shadorne
The way I see (hear) it is that no component, in and of itself, is a faithful reproducer of music. They are what the designers think they should be, researched and developed in house with ancillary equipment they have on hand such as sources, speakers, cables, etc. They all fine tune it to what sounds best and hope it's good enough for everyone else.
Anyone who's been to a manufacturers place and been in one of their listening rooms is privy to what they use for playback purposes. They usually have a few different speakers, sources and what cabling they like. It's fairly representative of what's out there but it's hardly extant.
Having said that, the place I visited was a famous brand name with a higher end brand that is very well respected and very costly and all they used for cabling was the cheap crap that comes with a $50 DVD player. I couldn't believe it but I certainly heard it. $5K amp driving $7K speakers with generic cabling and it sounded like crap. The guy went on about the sound and how superior the drivers were and all I could think of was did he drink his lunch? I still bought the unit I came for since I got it for half off and when I got home, it sounded so much better in my system which retailed for about 1/6 the cost.
Now can anyone claim that what I heard at the costly name brand factory was faithfully reproducing the source? Simply replacing those red, white and black cheap as hell ICs and zip cord speaker cable would have woke that system up. I've heard that gear at audio shows with better cabling and it can really sing. Sometimes, tweaking can not only fine tune a system but make up for cheap, cost cutting steps made along the way.
All the best,
Nonoise
The way I see (hear) it is that no component, in and of itself, is a faithful reproducer of music. They are what the designers think they should be, researched and developed in house with ancillary equipment they have on hand such as sources, speakers, cables, etc. They all fine tune it to what sounds best and hope it's good enough for everyone else.
Anyone who's been to a manufacturers place and been in one of their listening rooms is privy to what they use for playback purposes. They usually have a few different speakers, sources and what cabling they like. It's fairly representative of what's out there but it's hardly extant.
Having said that, the place I visited was a famous brand name with a higher end brand that is very well respected and very costly and all they used for cabling was the cheap crap that comes with a $50 DVD player. I couldn't believe it but I certainly heard it. $5K amp driving $7K speakers with generic cabling and it sounded like crap. The guy went on about the sound and how superior the drivers were and all I could think of was did he drink his lunch? I still bought the unit I came for since I got it for half off and when I got home, it sounded so much better in my system which retailed for about 1/6 the cost.
Now can anyone claim that what I heard at the costly name brand factory was faithfully reproducing the source? Simply replacing those red, white and black cheap as hell ICs and zip cord speaker cable would have woke that system up. I've heard that gear at audio shows with better cabling and it can really sing. Sometimes, tweaking can not only fine tune a system but make up for cheap, cost cutting steps made along the way.
All the best,
Nonoise
