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Insanely Audiophile
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Coming from the "music making" side of the game, I still can't stop wondering about those audiophiles. Sure, good speakers and amps matter.
But there's more idotic stuff to be found in the scene than just inchwide speaker cables. The german computer mag c't just recently tested a CD-Demagnitizer. Of course it didn't change anything but one of those audiophile crazes really had the guts to send a letter in the reigns of "It's not my problem if you can't hear it, I certainly can !" Didn't CDs work with Lasers and stuff ?
But how in god's name can music sound "better" in a home environment than in the studio ? It might sound "different" (because only a handful of studios have THAT expensive speaker equipment), to what the musican (or the engineer) heard, but can you really claim that it sounds better ? Doesn't it (philosophically speaking) always sound worse, because it doesn't match the intentions of the creator ?
If I only could afford those Tannoy Reveal monitor speakers...
A few very interesting points have been made by Mrs. Wendy "Switched on Bach" Carlos who has some good points on yer beloved vinyl platters and other hi-fi matters www.wendycarlos.com
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Coming from the "music making" side of the game, I still can't stop wondering about those audiophiles. Sure, good speakers and amps matter. But there's more idotic stuff to be found in the scene than just inchwide speaker cables. The german computer mag c't just recently tested a CD-Demagnitizer. Of course it didn't change anything but one of those audiophile crazes really had the guts to send a letter in the reigns of "It's not my problem if you can't hear it, I certainly can !" Didn't CDs work with Lasers and stuff ? But how in god's name can music sound "better" in a home environment than in the studio ? It might sound "different" (because only a handful of studios have THAT expensive speaker equipment), to what the musican (or the engineer) heard, but can you really claim that it sounds better ? Doesn't it (philosophically speaking) always sound worse, because it doesn't match the intentions of the creator ? If I only could afford those Tannoy Reveal monitor speakers... A few very interesting points have been made by Mrs. Wendy "Switched on Bach" Carlos who has some good points on yer beloved vinyl platters and other hi-fi matters www.wendycarlos.com