Can anyone tell me where the progress in audio went?

dekay

The video I presented to you is not to be evaluated as a critical listening experience of the system, but to provide the viewer with some ideas and hint of what is possible to achieve with vintage drivers, transformers, capacitors etc. In addition, the recording was made in a hotel room at the Munich hi-fi show - not in a professional studio/environment with the best possible tools for recording. Furthermore, I was present in the room and can tell you that under those inadequate recording  conditions ,  that the sound reproduction by the system was near spectacular.

"The video I presented to you is not to be evaluated as a critical listening experience of the system, but to provide the viewer with some ideas and hint of what is possible to achieve with vintage drivers, transformers, capacitors etc."

Really? How were you supposed to be demonstrating that with such poor material and bad sound? I think that I have heard sound just as spectacular made by garbage collectors in alleyways...with better dynamic range.

That looked like a great system. Why wouldn't he choose a demo track with a combination of percussion, human voice. strings and brass instruments to showcase its capabilities?

Roxy54

As I mentioned prior, the demo was provide by a professional audio reviewer , who dropped  by the room, asked for his cd to be played and made a video recording of it. Later on, he posted the video on youtube. Obviously, he did like this recording or he was trying to hear a specific sound reproduction from the CD track he was familiar with. That’s all.

Judging from you posting logo of yours, you must be big on SS Mcintosh gears. If this is what makes you happy - Enjoy the music!

What does McIntosh have to do with anything? I said before that the system looked to be amazing, but the demo was bad. First you mention Best Buy, and now I suppose Mac isn’t good enough for your refined tastes. What a snob. It so happens that I have owned quite a bit of tube gear and still do. And yes, I like Mac too.

I don’t even understand your point in starting this thread. What’s your question?

"refined tastes" - I like that. "snob" - not so much. As far as my question goes, I gave you the benefit of a doubt that you are smart enough to get it. Sorry, I was wrong to assume that.  Am I crazy or the rest of them are?