geoffkait.
Amp designers are the worst,
well sure Power corrupts....absolute Power corrupts .....(all together now) Most posts here seem to centered around amplifiers ?
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from the Ross Walker interview
http://www.onethingaudio.webspace.virginmedia.com/FOR/QUA/GEN/9512-QUA-GEN-HIS-RW.htm
Do you try to appeal to the audiophile market?
"No. The audiophile is on an endless quest He wants change. He is not interested in something that is good enough to remain unchanged."
But if Quad is the best, shouldn’t he end up with Quad?
"But he wouldn’t be an audiophile; that would be the end of it. How dull it would be."
makes me smile every time I read it.
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Charles1dad-
Audio engineers and designers are not all cut from the same cloth. Some are rigid in their beliefs and feel the notion of tweaks or upgradeded parts and accessories are pure foolishnes and money wasted. Yet others who are just as talented and knowledgeable will openly encourage and embrace the merits of upgrading. They will tell you that different tubes, cables, capacitors, fuses, vibration control devices etc all make a difference. Just depends on who you are talking to.
Charles1dad - can you give an example of each please?
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Acman3
And then you have Japanese designers like Shindo, who through listening, consider every rca, capacitor type, volume control, and so on, to tailor a sound they want for each component, starting with their own power cord, and ending with specific brands of tubes.
wow ...all that work Acman3. Then their products get placed into rooms and spaces that all different dimensions, different gear, treatments, humidity and temp levels, audiophile mood levels, etc...
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taters......congratulations. perfect timing for all these posts.
On the first day of Audiophilia .....- my true love gave to me - Cheap audio cables....
On the second day....