Thanks for all your responses. Didn’t mean to make it sound like a non sense thread. I just thought it sounds interesting. Just thought some of us that have been into high end systems for years and years and maybe all their lives could tell what was being used. Maybe it would of made more sense to say could u hear the difference of a tube amp or a ss amp and a tube pre or a ss pre.
Blind fold hearing test
How many of you could be blind folded or put in a room in total darkness and know what kind of speaker amp and preamp are being used. Another words if u came blind folded in my listening room could u tell I was using a Krell amp a ARC pre and B&W speakers? Not necessarily the models but more or less the brands. I would be the first to say for me it would be no. Would love to see how many of you could. Should be interesting.
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Perhaps we audiophiles are not seeing the wood for the trees. Perhaps most of the so-called huge, night and day differences in performance we often read about are in fact barely perceptible? I recall being struck by the sheer honesty when I heard that McIntosh themselves claimed no sonic advantages of any of their lovely amplifiers. Anyway, as I’ve just ordered a copy of West Side Story CD (1957 original Broadway cast) it will be interesting to discover just how much better this Sony Mastersound SBM version is than the stock issue. I do think it’s telling that one of popular music’s most dynamic recordings was done over 60 years ago! As is the fact that another highly regarded audiophile album, (the Cowboy Junkies much feted Trinity Session) was recorded on a Sony Betamax SL-2000 video cassette deck, albeit with a super duper microphone. |
cd318 Perhaps we audiophiles are not seeing the wood for the trees. Perhaps most of the so-called huge, night and day differences in performance we often read about are in fact barely perceptible? >>>>Not everyone reports night and day differences. Some people report modest differences. Some people report no differences. And, can you believe it, some people report worse results? I recall being struck by the sheer honesty when I heard that McIntosh themselves claimed no sonic advantages of any of their lovely amplifiers. >>>>I doubt that’s true. If it doesn’t make sense it’s probably not true. Anyway, as I’ve just ordered a copy of West Side Story CD (1957 original Broadway cast) it will be interesting to discover just how much better this Sony Mastersound SBM version is than the stock issue. I do think it’s telling that one of popular music’s most dynamic recordings was done over 60 years ago! >>>>Depends on the system and the listener to some degree. Could the SBM version be worse than the original? Happens all the time. There’s no guarantee. As is the fact that another highly regarded audiophile album, (the Cowboy Junkies much feted Trinity Session) was recorded on a Sony Betamax SL-2000 video cassette deck, albeit with a super duper microphone. >>>That recording was done in a church, which largely explains the sound quality. |
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