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The Absurdity of it All

50-60-70 year old ears stating with certainty that what they hear is proof positive of the efficacy of analog, uber-cables, tweaks...name your favorite latest and greatest audio "advancement." How many rock concerts under the bridge? Did we ever wear ear protection with our chain saws? Believe what you will, but hearing degrades with age and use and abuse. To pontificate authority while relying on damaged goods is akin to the 65 year old golfer believing his new $300 putter is going to improve his game. And his game MAY get better, but it is the belief that matters. Everything matters, but the brain matters the most.
jpwarren58
edgewound
259 posts
 
In the grand scheme of audio systems...less is more. The more tweaks you put in the system, the more hurdles that need to be jumped. My favorite music system for years is CD/DVD/computer player through passive volume control straight to power amp through 12 gauge copper to speakers. 

The quality of the recording dictates the quality of the playback. Buy better software.
sheridanmartinj
50 posts
 
I was born the 2nd year of president Harry S. Truman`s administration 1946 and I can also hear a pin drop. In fact as the pin falls I can hear by way of my Pass XP30 preamp Pass XP350 power amp and my Magnepan 3.6`s (aka) maggies the velocity of the drop you don`t know you best as somebody Oorah.
wolf_garcia
6,735 posts
 
Elliot Scheiner, Bob Ludwig, Bob Clearmountain...know who those guys are? I bet they can't hear a pin drop either...I'd prefer the opinions of Richard Vandersteen over most any young audio geek, and likely so would you. I rarely say this but, seriously, this is a really dumb topic.
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clearthinker
1,582 posts
 
And on the same off-message point, a withering put-down to humble the 1960s Bob Dylan:

Lady Astor:  'Winston, you are drunk.”
Churchill:  “And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning, and you will still be ugly.”
keithsax
107 posts
 
No-one mentioned Beethoven...
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