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In Reply to: not to mention... posted by Tom Schuman on December 22, 2009 at 07:47:16:
> ...the weakest link in the chain is the speakers. cambridge soundworks
> and he's hearing a software resample from 44 to 48k through all that
> gobbledy gunk hardware? you've got to be kidding.
Nope, not kidding. Yep, hearing a software resample from 44 to 48k
through all that "gobbledy gunk" hardware.
The Cambridge Soundworks speakers happen to be the ones on the computer I've
been sitting in front of all weekend. Let's see. Would my main
downstairs system with Quad ESL-63's suit your taste?
I knew, BTW, that somebody would say "you've got to be kidding"
about the speakers. The funny thing is, I've learned by **long** experience
that it's quite possible to 1) enjoy the music, and 2) hear subtleties,
through quite modest single-driver speakers. No, they won't
shake the walls in a cathedral-sized living room. But from a foot
away? (And yes, over the whine of the disk drive and the fans;
I have a diskless, fanless PC for "serious" listening, but it's
hardly a workstation.)
It's also true, from my experience, that big speakers, from halfway
across the room, tend to **gloss over** subtleties. For one thing,
in the real world, you can't (for human reasons) turn them up
loud enough even to hear all the music over a typical household
background, let alone to hear equipment subleties.
And yes, I also listen to my Quads "near field". Like giant
headphones.
> i'm afraid either the original poster is joking about all the
> front end hardware, or, Todd said it best, is 'insane'.
I expected that somebody (or a lot of bodies) would accuse me
of pulling everyone's leg or trolling, too. As far as my sanity
(or lack thereof) is concerned -- well, you may be right
about that!
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Follow Ups
- RE: not to mention... - Jim F. 08:48:09 12/22/09 (1)
- glad you have a sense of humor :) - Tom Schuman 11:38:30 12/22/09 (0)
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