True. Many arms are not dynamically stable. But surely a majority of arms are gimbal mounted in vertical and horizontal planes and so will not permit significant movement in those planes.
I am unconcerned whether or not people wish to refer to me as an audiophile. And the cart is only a weak link if it is assembled carelessly. Which often occurs. |
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Woo hoo! Here we go again!
@mijostyn Well, you have said many times we must ignore what our ears hear, so that bit is consistent. Except for when you later told me all sorts of distortion was "audible"! I must ask you to review the etymology and meaning of "audiophile" and then get back to me with an explanation that makes clear that if I like what I hear I am not a true audiophile, but if I like what you like, I qualify. Currently, it seems that if I don't like what I hear, I am an audiophile. Is that not the upshot of what you have said, or did you misspeak? For everyone, not just the opinionated, is not what we like the most to listen what we should strive for more of? Both in terms of music and, perhaps in equipment for doing so? Does it matter if it isn't realistic etc? I happen to be rather familiar with a certain opera company's rather nice and relatively new hall. I spent a good deal of cash flying to see three or four operas a year there. I know what that sounds like. Can someone else tell me I must not set up a cartridge in a way that sounds right to my ears on those grounds? Frankly, I don't give a hoot whether some self-appointed expert here considers me an audiophile. I know how much music I own, like and enjoy. I will continue to do so regardless. But the non-audiophile philosopher in me would like answers. |
@mijostyn did not say to 'ignore what our ears hear'. He said (correctly) that our brains are not merely listening machines. They are extremely sophisticated machines that process the raw sound that our ears hear with all sorts of other inputs like emotion and memory and psychological state. We are unreliable at listening to a musical programme and perceiving it as it is. If we think that what we perceive is exactly what our speakers put out then we are fooling ourselves. This has nothing whatsoever to do with whether one is an 'audiophile' or not, whatever may be the meaning of that term (it is certainly not agreed). The brain works for all of us in the same way as we are one species. There are no 'golden ears' that can eliminate all those other inputs than the sound that comes from the speakers. If you wish to set up a cartridge incorrectly to produce distortions that after processing in your brain you like, that is your prerogative. But don't imagine that every time you listen you will perceive the same sound. You may of course think that you do. |
In this very thread he has said
and then followed up with
No one can have it both ways. Either we trust what we hear or we don't. And, BTW, where did you get the idea I set up cartridges incorrectly to produce distortions I like? None of us should tolerate being told that we don't know what we hear, or shouldn't like what we hear. That, I'm afraid, is nonsense. If you believe all our brains work exactly the same way, we should know that to be true as we will all have the same beliefs, come to the same answers etc etc. It doesn't seem to work out that way, as disproven by anyone who prefers chocolate over cheese, or vice versa. Individual taste comes into it. I'm not arguing for the loons who love weird plug-in filters with no working parts and no conceivable mechanism of action. Until we can measure everything, the best we have is our ears. Even if we could measure everything, might I not prefer one sound over another? I'm saying we like certain things. I like the sound of live opera in a modern opera house I am familiar with. How can you say I am wrong to do so? |
