[Poppyhome]

Originally Posted by metaphacts

Wow.

Hopefully the video is not indicative of the latest thinking on "improving" on MASTERs, but simply an inexperienced speaker set up guy doing a poor job of communicating the actual process, particularly the results desired and how steps are interrelated.

To understand what MASTERs is and is not, talk to Will Kline, Sonus faber's North American Brand Ambassador.

Bill.........wondering if you knew or know Bob Robbins?

"Something was always missing though, and Bob didn’t know what it was, or how to verbalize it. Then, about 13 years ago, he was given the opportunity to go to Sumiko in Berkeley and was trained in their magical process – Master Speaker Setup. Everything he’d been looking and listening for in audio was discovered – the emotional involvement in the music. It convinced Bob that all the talk about the importance of specs, the “criticality” of equipment interfacing, all the buzz words so popular in discussions about audio, were, for the most part, irrelevant. The most important component in any audio or theater system is the proper placement and positioning of the speakers into the listening environment. Putting the speakers where they truly belong so they don’t fight each other, so they work in total unison not only with the other speaker but also with the room, is the end all be all for optimal music reproduction in the home. It will allow the music lover to experience music played in the home with all the sensory “chills and thrills” one gets when attending a concert."

Ron