ambr1600
Responses from ambr1600
| What do/did you do for a living? Electronics engineer and software designer now retired, former designer/manufacturer of audiophile cables. An audiophile for more than 40 years. | |
| I used to think pricey interconnects were snake oil... I have found all types of audio cables to be very necessary to be optimized for the best sound quality of the system. Once the sound quality of the system is brought up to at least a good level (and the audiophile ear becomes a little trained in i... | |
| Some observations from a former skeptic - and a question I think the psychology of some of the "meter reader" cables-don't-make-a-real-difference types is a lot like some other close-knit clans of professional skeptics - self-righteous, arrogant, vituperative, and totally closed-mindedly convinced of th... | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. Per the previous discussion, the following new sale may be a sign of hard times in hi-end audio, for other companies than Audio Research. Big HE manufacturers selling off high-priced items at major discounts. For instance, a 5m pair of Audioquest ... | |
| Yes, digital cables matter too If anybody is interested, my only experience with digital cables even slightly relevant to this discussion is mostly with USB, and some with AES/EBU balanced XLR and I2S HDMI, the latter two which I found to be notably superior to all the SPDIF co... | |
| Are you interested in the new generation of "old school" design loudspeakers? Sort of off topic, but my perspective here is of a headphone only audiophile. There is virtually no headphone equivalent of this discussion, since the design sophistication of high-end headphones has just recently exploded such that there have bee... | |
| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! Of course, closed-minded strictly by-the-book meter-reader engineer types who believe that the differences obvious to audiophiles between cables, amplifiers, use of "tweak" accessories, etc. are hype and illusion will not be interested in the foll... |