the magic of power cords

Hi Bobby (Bo), I enjoy your posts very much. You seem to have a good skill for listening.

Can you maybe explain - how do you listen to a new, unknown system to guess what is the component that can be upgraded to give best benefit? Without swapping components and comparing? I still feel that this might be possible for the best trained ear like yours.

In a few seconds I know what is there and what is missing. In the past I thought other people do hear it as clear and fast as I do. But these days I know they don't.

What I said before; I can hear all parts which need to be there in a few seconds. Even at shows I can describe what is missing and what is good. I can describe it very well so every person understands what is good and what is missing.

I know from many brands of cables, amps, sources, conditioners and speakers what there properties are.

When you are not aware of these properties you don't know what you are doing. And how the sound you have is created. At many shows I am Always looking to the eyes of people who demo. When it is not good, I can see that they really don't f..know why it is not good. It often makes me smile, and I think what a f... idiots. And believe me at shows in my country there are many!!

I know in a very short time what is good and what is missing. When I am aware of the properties of the equipment, I know what the sound and image will be.

When you have a photographic memory you can compare different options in audio a lot more easy. In a few seconds I can describe what the difference is between them. And I can do this very precise.

When you use all the parts for what I call Total Sound in your system every person will enjoy the music. Because these parts influence the emotion of us people.

When parts are missing in a set, after time you will not be happy with it anymore. So you will listen less to your audio set. This is also very simple to explain.

I can create a much better sound in almost every system. Because seldom all parts are there which need to be there for what I call Total Sound. What is in my world the blueprint of the Absolute Sound.

Even if I listen to stuff I don't know, I still know which parts are there and which are missing. I understand the properties quite fast of new things. It is Always fun to listen to new stuff.

In 1998 I started to give tools ( cables, sources, amps, conditioners and speakers etc) properties. Because I understood they had different properties when you compare them. I still do it this way.

You need to keep things simple as possible. For comparing audio only use a few numbers you know very well. Do this over and over again.

In the past I hated those brands which give a very average or even poor sound. These days I still hate it. I am still surprised how much shit there is on the audio market.

That is why I wanted to to it differently. My goal is to create the best sound for every single person.

I am a perfectionist and only interested in the best. I almost only wear Italian cloths. In every single thing I buy it need to be the best. For my clients I have the same level to perfection. Why? Because every single person deserves the best sound for the money they spend.

I work with the same dedication for people who spend 1000 dollar and those who spend 10.000 dollar. There is no difference in approach. For me all people are equal.

My focus is on the endresult of every single system. Even when I sell new speakers, I make people aware they still need an amp to create a 3 dimensional sound. I understand that many people buy audio in parts. These clients now are saving money to buy a 3 dimensional amp. I am Always doing a quality check at all my clients.

I Phone the older clients if everything is still working. I told them all that they can contact me every single day till 2 a.m. Then I go to bed.

My approach and my world is a lot different compared to others. It is as it is because the low level in endresult many audio companies give irritates me so much.

I want to increase the quality and pleasure for all people to be happy with there beloved music.

Bobby

^^^To make your long reply shorter Bobby, no, you would have no idea what was wrong either, just as I replied to this question on 4/7/14. Remember, Cbozdog wants to know if you walk into a unfamiliar room with an unfamiliar system if you can immediately determine what component needs to be upgraded. Yes, I'm sure you have heard a lot of gear and cables, as have I, but I'm also sure that there is much out there that you haven't heard. The key word here is "unfamiliar", which means that you have no history with the equipment or cables, or room for that matter.

Now let's simplify it for you. You walk into a strange room full of gear and cables that you've never heard before, could you guess the component that could be upgraded to give the best benefit? It's really a yes or no answer we're looking for here. I'll cheat and answer once again that no, in an unfamiliar room, with unfamiliar gear and cables, I couldn't identify the culprit.

I've been in this situation before several times, when going to audition a piece of gear that I'm interested in buying. I may have never heard the gear before, but I'll admit, if I don't like the sound of the system, I won't buy the piece of equipment/cable, even if that is not the culprit. On the other hand, I have been blown away by the sound of a system, bought the piece of gear, only to find that it didn't sound as good in my room. Synergy is critical, and that includes the room as well.

The easy thing is that you can hear what is there and what is missing. That is Always clear and Obvious. Even if you do not know the equipment.

The first time I listend to clasical music in real I was stunned by the intimate sound of it. The voice of a female singer was very small and direct. With my eyes closed I used 2 fingers to make a proportion of her voice. That evening I changed the place were I sat. But the intimate sound of her voice stayed the same.

These days an intimate image and realistic proportion of instruments and voices are Always in every single set I sell or adapt. When voices and instruments become bigger the emotion is less involving. When I let people compare an intimate stage with a stage were instruments and voices are too big ( many f... idiots at shows do it. When I ask them how big you think an instrument or voice is in real? They say; we don't know) people prefer the intimate and reaistic image. Because the music pulls you into it. When the image is bigger the distance between you and the music gets bigger. And there is less emotion.

The other important part what influence our emotion in music is how deep the freq. response of an audio system goes. When it goes deeper there will be more emotion. I demo this by using a subwoofer and switching between on and off.

I am a big fan of the class A sound of Pass Labs. Why because it can let you hear the tmebre of a voice or even instrument much easier. This part is also very important for how much emotion people feel when you play there beloved music.

When there is a deeper and wider stage, voices and instruments become more loose from eachother. When I do a changement with cables and people hear it they often give a big smile. I Always say: smiles on people there faces and tapping with there feet during a show gives a good impression what they think about your demo.

The art of sound is what can make a system play emotion and give a sound to die for.

These days I can get a good endresult with Pro roomcorrection even in the worst rooms on this planet.

I Always try to find solutions for limitations in sound. I don't take no for an answer

Bo knows.