The Law of Accelerating Returns

Kinda like getting your news from the MSM or Fox.

One point of view.

Bit it has people talking about other things than Russian Tubes. 

Speaking of Tubes I am listening to them. Enjoying an ice tea. 

When I read the article I had quite a laugh. We have to remember that TAS serves an industry based on the simple assumption that spending more money gets you better sound. Anyone, even multimillionaires, want to think they are receiving good value for their money so the theory of "accelerating returns" fits right into the agenda.

Wonderfully and simply stated.

When I read the article I had quite a laugh. We have to remember that TAS serves an industry based on the simple assumption that spending more money gets you better sound. Anyone, even multimillionaires, want to think they are receiving good value for their money so the theory of "accelerating returns" fits right into the agenda.

Wonderfully and simply stated.

I agree! Be careful when picking your experts.

TAS is the Fox News/CNN of audio publications. A clear agenda outside of reporting on audio. I've never forgiven them for their 4-part series on digital audio where they reported the original file on the hard drive sounded better than a copy on the hard drive.   

"Just the other day I replaced a 1.5m interconnect between the phonostage and linestage with a more expensive model."

More expensive?  It MUST sound better!  I actually insulate my cables with $50 bills.  The $100 bills were a mismatch with my amp. I can't wait to buy a "more expensive" amp so that I can re-line my cables with the hundreds! 

There are no experts only opinions.

They are like what?

Cheap is cheap though.

Very few people can beat my sound quality/price RATIO... 500 bucks for the system and peanuts cost for the room..

But no one take almost 2 years to tune his room ( 100 resonators and diffusers) many months all the day listening...It is also a PRICE to pay...

And i dont have an opinion, only experience and experiments with acoustic huge power for improvement WITH A CHOSEN SYSTEM...It is science easy to verify that acoustic matter the most not an opinion taken from a hat...

But acoustic dont perform miracles and never transformed my very good Sansui in a Berning superior ZOTL... Only Christ make bread with stones...

But i dont give a damn about the superior ZOTL now, my Sansui i can live with it easily...There exist a minimal TRESHOLD of sound quality with which anybody can live without being frustrated...It is WHY acoustic can teach us something no upgrade will never teach us...

Helmholtz founded modern acoustic thinking listening to his resonators and he founded modern psycho-acoustic thinking about the way the ears/brain can take notice of the frequencies differentials ...

And yes cheap is too more money for me , cheaper is better ...

Anyway acoustic dont give a damn to the price cost of materials, only about their location, dimensions and ratios and acoustic content...I even used empty toilet paper rolls by the way... 😁😊

Who will dare to laugh? i will laugh the last...

Sorry to put the point over the right letter...

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Acoustic optimization is the law ...

By the way the fact that a piece of gear upgrade could GIVE more resolving sound frequency-wise is not a proof that the sound will be IMPROVED at the end ... In acoustic frequencies resolution is one aspect, phase count also and timing, and ratios and balance between reflections/absorptions/diffusions... And the pressures zones distribution in the room, and more than that the way each one speaker will adress differently each one ear matter MORE than the difference in resolving power between a SANSUI amplifier and a BERNING ZOTL amplifier... Then acoustic rule over most upgrade choices, if what you already own is already very good...

This is not my opinion, this is experience and science...Sound come from the speakers/room not directly from the amplifier or from a dac...The dac-amplifier gear convey the information with variable success yes but they cannot translate the information in sound , the speakers/room/ ears/brain system do it....Then acoustic/psycho-acoustic explain it to us...