Audio nonsense
In this wonderful world of audio that we journey through folks selling stuff have sometimes been inventive in what they claim. In your trip down this road what sticks out as the most ludicrous thing you’ve seen someone try to sell?
I can point to 2 things. When I first saw a Tice clock in a store I thought it was a gag. Next- Peter Belt.
@dill , Long term evaluation is not the key. You accommodate to what you are listening too. It becomes your normal even if it is horrendously out of wack. Most audiophiles have absolutely no idea what they are listening to. They have never measured their systems and rooms thinking they can take the CHEAP way out and do it by ear. A/B comparisons are anything but quick. Depending on the setup it takes hours to do one correctly. |
I think most of us know the sound of our systems and notice changes when something is changed in the system for better or worse. That said, my system sounds different to me depending on the time of day (cleaner power coming in from the grid?) or just depending on the day. Are my ears a little fatigued? Am I a little distracted and not tuned-in enough so to speak? Is my wife running more electric appliances that usually are not running? My house has two refrigerators and an upright freezer. In fact, my whole house is electric. A/C, Heat pump, pool pump, everything. I know when the electric dryer is on when listening to my system. I have separate breakers and lines for my equipment but still think I'm getting contamination(?) from these appliances running at certain times of the day. Has my system had plenty of time to warm up? I spent good money on my equipment and room. Not to mention time and effort to get the best I can out of it. If I need magic gemstones on my $400 dollar cables then I probably bought the wrong cables. My point being is that my system doesn't always sound at it's best to my ears and I doubt adding some tiny discs to my already good cables are going to make a difference. Maybe, maybe not. But, I think I'll put my money someplace better spent like more music or towards an equipment upgrade or even more room treatments. Or, try getting better/cleaner power to my system. |
" @dill , Long term evaluation is not the key. You accommodate to what you are listening too. It becomes your normal even if it is horrendously out of wack. Most audiophiles have absolutely no idea what they are listening to. They have never measured their systems and rooms thinking they can take the CHEAP way out and do it by ear." - Your assumptions are frankly, quite arrogant. Your measured system sounds good to you. My system put together by ear sounds good to me. Now, using your logic, my tweaked & unmeasured system would not sound good to you since we don't know how it will measure. Do I have that right? Since it is impossible for you to measure many, so called tweaks, they are dismissed and considered as insignificant. Your measured system has to sound good right? You are happy with your system and I am with mine. Good for us both. Why are you so nasty about it?
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