kren0006,
You should study my last post to learn something. I even gave you credit in a small way. There are general audio and musical principles that underlie all audio system listening. Although I have never personally tried Jay's gear, similar principles apply, which I have mentioned. Pity the person who lacks general understanding, whose only choice is to endlessly try more gear until he is bankrupt or burned out. This occurs at all price levels and degrees of wealth.
I discussed how DAC direct is purer and more detailed than adding a preamp. Jay actually agrees with me on that aspect of sound, although he prefers the added flavor and dynamics of the extra preamp stage.
BTW, if you claim that musical experience has nothing to do with audio system listening, just realize that you yourself rely on your own musical experience to choose and judge audio equipment. You have piano or other instrument training which gives you a reference. You have heard live piano in certain rooms or halls--those experiences have convinced you that the piano is not bright, so you choose electronics like ARC and Spendor speakers whose tweeter is not brilliant to suit your concepts and preferences. Nothing wrong with that. However, in large halls or environments at close distances, the same piano is much brighter and crisper, which I alluded to in my last post.
Finally, imagine in the 23rd century, an alien just arrives with super hearing to 100 kHz, and threshold sensitivity of minus 20 dB at 3000 Hz. He can hear an ant crawl. A normal 10 year old Earth child with hearing to 20 kHz and thresholds of 0 dB is ridiculously hearing impaired by comparison. Who is more qualified to assess an audio system playing music? Not the alien with super hearing, because he has no experience hearing music and has heard no human voices speaking or singing. But the child is more qualified, because he has already had many years of experience hearing the voices of his parents and friends, and maybe a few years of musical experience playing instruments or hearing music in the street or wherever.
Please respect my experiences, and I will do the same for you. But cut out your derogatory (direct or implied) remarks about me. In private emails and on this thread, Jay and I get along just fine, while maintaining somewhat different preferences. He is respectful, unlike you. But you can change that. I am reaching out, and hoping for a more fruitful sharing of ideas between us rather than negative bickering.
You should study my last post to learn something. I even gave you credit in a small way. There are general audio and musical principles that underlie all audio system listening. Although I have never personally tried Jay's gear, similar principles apply, which I have mentioned. Pity the person who lacks general understanding, whose only choice is to endlessly try more gear until he is bankrupt or burned out. This occurs at all price levels and degrees of wealth.
I discussed how DAC direct is purer and more detailed than adding a preamp. Jay actually agrees with me on that aspect of sound, although he prefers the added flavor and dynamics of the extra preamp stage.
BTW, if you claim that musical experience has nothing to do with audio system listening, just realize that you yourself rely on your own musical experience to choose and judge audio equipment. You have piano or other instrument training which gives you a reference. You have heard live piano in certain rooms or halls--those experiences have convinced you that the piano is not bright, so you choose electronics like ARC and Spendor speakers whose tweeter is not brilliant to suit your concepts and preferences. Nothing wrong with that. However, in large halls or environments at close distances, the same piano is much brighter and crisper, which I alluded to in my last post.
Finally, imagine in the 23rd century, an alien just arrives with super hearing to 100 kHz, and threshold sensitivity of minus 20 dB at 3000 Hz. He can hear an ant crawl. A normal 10 year old Earth child with hearing to 20 kHz and thresholds of 0 dB is ridiculously hearing impaired by comparison. Who is more qualified to assess an audio system playing music? Not the alien with super hearing, because he has no experience hearing music and has heard no human voices speaking or singing. But the child is more qualified, because he has already had many years of experience hearing the voices of his parents and friends, and maybe a few years of musical experience playing instruments or hearing music in the street or wherever.
Please respect my experiences, and I will do the same for you. But cut out your derogatory (direct or implied) remarks about me. In private emails and on this thread, Jay and I get along just fine, while maintaining somewhat different preferences. He is respectful, unlike you. But you can change that. I am reaching out, and hoping for a more fruitful sharing of ideas between us rather than negative bickering.