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Nattt Offline
#41 Posted : 16 December 2009 17:10:07(UTC)
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Wasn't meant to be deep. But when you look at it, as soon as you like something, you like it, even if you were utterly neutral to something before encountering it. To be biassed towards something you like is just to say you like it, as if you like it, you like it.

Indeed you like things because they are good, but surely they're good because you like them? What is the difference between "like" and "good" anyway. Ok, you could define "good" as measures well on a standard suite of test measurements, and at that point you could like something that wasn't good. But that just highlights the problem where measurements don't correlate with "like".

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#42 Posted : 17 December 2009 16:02:50(UTC)
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like or dislike or ambivalence

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You observe your reactions, try and judge the degree, then try to comment on why you sense, feel, this way about the sound quality , or lack of it.

Having a few references and other alternatives to go back to helps a lot .

'Go back' is very important, helps you to address errors, short term mood changes, and when you are sometimes mistaken.


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#43 Posted : 23 December 2009 22:41:29(UTC)
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My request would be to select one or two subscribers systems, and discuss their journey to that system over the years, and also closely combine this with the music they love to hear on it. I do feel that although there are brief album reviews, they are always a token gesture to the whole reason we go to extremes, financially and also domestically.. I find these articles in HFN the first ones i read. Also on Audiogon the amount of interest and discussion of each others experiences/system building is a major part of the site. I tend to get bored reading about individual components, even if i do feel they may one day increase the level of involvement i have with music. Getting scientific with analytical tests misses the point in my view, though they can back up what we think we hear?
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#44 Posted : 24 December 2009 10:50:27(UTC)
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Hello,
first I want to wish you all Merry Christmas.

Although not a subscriber yet, this will be improved today, I would like to see a review of this DAC/Preamp:

http://www.antelopeaudio...m/en/zodiac_rubicon.html

Kindly

VA



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#45 Posted : 25 December 2009 21:56:50(UTC)
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Dr.S wrote:
Hello,
first I want to wish you all Merry Christmas.

Although not a subscriber yet, this will be improved today, I would like to see a review of this DAC/Preamp:

http://www.antelopeaudio...m/en/zodiac_rubicon.html

Kindly

VA





This product looks interesting. An article on outboard clocks would be different.


Merry Christmas to everyone.

Regards

David
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#46 Posted : 26 December 2009 17:16:35(UTC)
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Cemil wrote:
Martin Colloms wrote:
Hereticallly speaking here could be more variation between the build of the generators than the effects of the different bodies.

Cartridges samples can be less consistent than loudspeakers, and variation for the latter is now rarely spoken about or admitted by manufacturers.

the BBC and then KEF were majors on consistency, pair matching, and the latter aspect has clear connection with aspects of sound quality.

MartinC


Interesting. The stone cartridges start at around $5k (if I am not mistaken) and end at around $20k (US list prices), but, as far as I know, all share exactly the same innards. The price difference would be totally related to the body material, so basically, one would be paying all that extra for cosmetics!


The critic Ruskin stated that" There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper and those who consider price alone are this man's lawful prey". As Bohr said, the opposite of every great truth is another great truth, in this case it is there is hardly anything in the world that cannot be gilded a little and sold at an extravagant price to those who judge quality by price alone.
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#47 Posted : 02 January 2010 15:48:25(UTC)
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I like to see Mr.Colloms Review about Vitus SL-101 SM-101 pre power.
these components are wonderful pure Class A solidstate ampliers from Denmark.
in iran we have them and they are far better than other over 100K$ solidstate amplifiers even Krell Evolution one and Two that are rated 135 in hifi critic rating.

and i like to see marten design supreme review, they are coming to iran before spring.

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#48 Posted : 02 January 2010 16:56:39(UTC)
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Amir wrote:
I like to see Mr.Colloms Review about Vitus SL-101 SM-101 pre power.
these components are wonderful pure Class A solidstate ampliers from Denmark.
in iran we have them and they are far better than other over 100K$ solidstate amplifiers even Krell Evolution one and Two that are rated 135 in hifi critic rating.

and i like to see marten design supreme review, they are coming to iran before spring.



I must say the Vitus gear sounded very very good at the 2008 Munich show through those large Mythos speakers.
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#49 Posted : 02 January 2010 17:59:40(UTC)
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thanks for the tip , we will look into availability

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#50 Posted : 02 January 2010 18:12:18(UTC)
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I would like to see a variety of mains conditioners examined eg Quantum, Audience, Vertex. I know you have covered PS Audio but not many alternatives to my knowledge.
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#51 Posted : 03 January 2010 14:06:39(UTC)
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Looking on another website (The Missing Link cables - UK produced high end challengers at a not too high end price - allegedly) I see that Julian Musgrave was enthused by the cables he bought. Since these have barely been reviewed elsewhere and since the website looks a serious one, it would be nice to see a range of their cables reviewed in HiFiCritic.
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#52 Posted : 03 January 2010 16:03:08(UTC)
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IanG-UK wrote:
Looking on another website (The Missing Link cables - UK produced high end challengers at a not too high end price - allegedly) I see that Julian Musgrave was enthused by the cables he bought. Since these have barely been reviewed elsewhere and since the website looks a serious one, it would be nice to see a range of their cables reviewed in HiFiCritic.


I see that they have a free home trial in the UK. I suppose that is so you can see if they are the real Missing Link or just Piltdown Cable.LOL
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#53 Posted : 04 January 2010 12:49:12(UTC)
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Martin Colloms wrote:
thanks for the tip , we will look into availability

MartinC


It would look good to have a review from a Metropolis product, for balance.
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#54 Posted : 06 January 2010 18:24:56(UTC)
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Unbiased and vintage. A bit tricky.

I never liked Audiolabs when they first came out and I dont think they really improved. If I read a new review revisiting them saying something like "they are still the giant killers we remember", I wouldnt be moved to listen to them anew thinking "wow, perhaps I was wrong for the past 20 years" etc. I am sure the same would be true for someone who had the same view of Naim if a 72/hi-cap/140 review said "its still a bit ragged round the edges but it still knows how to party"?

When I was in retail we could blitz an A400 with a Rega Brio, one customer quote "what have you done to my amp (A400), it sounds terrible" when we compared the two. So would looking back at A400s still have me thinking everyone was wrong, or were the rumours of hotrodded models (amps not girls) going out to reviewers true? Hopefully the all star fave of Marantz 63/A400/Missions finally be told that they are ok individually but not all together? There should be plenty of these systems out there, ask your friends and be realistic. Good for age might be ok dating(!) but not for hi-fi.

Also older kit can be a bit worn out. I heard some KEF 105s a couple of years ago and the treble sounded plasticy and terrible. I know they shouldnt sound like that but what can you do with older kit, you get what you are given especially with the availability of spares. I would still like to hear some KEF KM1's though.

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#55 Posted : 06 January 2010 19:06:11(UTC)
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never rated most of the audiolabs, plain and competent, accurate but ininvolving

Yes 400A definitely over praised

old 105 treble might be rough with dried up ferro fluid, not quite sure at what point this came in to use at KEF.

would be very old treble electrolytics too.

And our standards have improved , honestl!

Martin C

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#56 Posted : 08 January 2010 22:47:21(UTC)
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Room and system tuning: Acoustic Revive enhancers like the Ground Conditioner, the Negative Ion Generator and the Ultra Low-Frequency Pulse Generator, MFSL record brush and others.
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#57 Posted : 09 January 2010 19:22:12(UTC)
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Emil wrote:
Room and system tuning: Acoustic Revive enhancers like the Ground Conditioner, the Negative Ion Generator and the Ultra Low-Frequency Pulse Generator, MFSL record brush and others.


Not come across them before. Had a quick lot at their website: God, what a load of nonsense. Buried in the midst of all this is some things that might do some good (FCS-8 probably work, but you can buy much cheaper elsewhere) but things like the emf-canceller, disc demagnetiser, negative ion generator, ultra-low frequency pulse generator - what a load of hocus pocus.
How about this bit of nonsense: "Tourmaline is widely known to contain electric current (0.06mA) as the human and other living body. There is a report that tourmaline has an effect to improve the water quality, release infrared rays and other effects. One of the effect we payed an attention is that tourmaline releases negative ion, which is the same ion release from the natural world. This natural negative ions size is 10000/1 smaller compared with negative ion produced electrically. Natural negative ion is easier to penetrate into human body and other material, compared with electrically made negative ion." Hilarious.
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#58 Posted : 10 January 2010 16:15:13(UTC)
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kengale wrote:
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Room and system tuning: Acoustic Revive enhancers like the Ground Conditioner, the Negative Ion Generator and the Ultra Low-Frequency Pulse Generator, MFSL record brush and others.


Not come across them before. Had a quick lot at their website: God, what a load of nonsense. Buried in the midst of all this is some things that might do some good (FCS-8 probably work, but you can buy much cheaper elsewhere) but things like the emf-canceller, disc demagnetiser, negative ion generator, ultra-low frequency pulse generator - what a load of hocus pocus.

No experience, fast diagnosis! I'm glad you are not my doctor. Try the ion and the pulse generators in a decent system. You might be surprised.
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#59 Posted : 10 January 2010 17:58:34(UTC)
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I like the silk wool around the terminals Blushing
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#60 Posted : 11 January 2010 15:51:05(UTC)
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How about a review of the PS Audio PWT (the transport) and the PS Audio PWD (the dac) - although it may be worth awaiting

- the "Bridge" option (a PWD slot in device) which enables audio from computer and internet too; and

- the PW Audio NAS external hard drive.

I think the former is just becoming available and the latter was demonstrated at the CES - see http://www.psaudio.com/ps/forum/viewthread/659/
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