In a message dated 6/14/01 5:23:33 PM,
moog@... writes:
<< You should come over and hear my all tube audio system or Pauls Levinson. I
would bet my MOTM you would change your mind. >>
I've been in professional audio for around 20 years. I've heard some of the
best recording studio monitoring systems in the world. Have been to CES and
sat in the finest audio salons. My current favorite would be Sovereign
2001's with Cello electronics. Yes, some of these systems provide great
aural experiences. But there is definitely a huge amount of snake oil with
cables, connectors, and silly things like isolators for solid state amp
chassis (oh yeah, those vibrating transistors!). And terms like "skin
effect" used to describe audio behavior in speaker wires (any of these people
ever take Physics 101?).
My favorite are the "audiophile" ac cables. Most are lighting instrument
cables (teflon jacketed individual wires in a heat-insulating wrap) with
heavy plugs, sold for hundreds of dollars. Are you supposed to pull out all
the Romex in your home too for REALLY good sounding ac power?
By the way, Romex makes EXCELLENT speaker cables as long as you don't have to
re-route them.
Flame off. I know that the "audiophiles" will argue all of this. Funny
enough, NOBODY that I know in the pro audio industry, considers themselves to
be audiophiles. Most of us just trade stories about silly audiophile gear.
Hey, we just produce the equipment that this music is created on in the first
place. Guess it is up to the listener to make it that much better than it
was recorded (what?!).
Ivan