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humor over guns any day
well PHC1, as a sideline you could easily fill in for any of the writers at any of the major, or minor stereo magazines. thorough would be an understatement. For that kind of money, it should meet your goals and at times exceed them.
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I am suffering from a "writer's block" lately.
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PCH1 did you ever try or have you tried the Synergistic Research cables. I know you've tried many and I thought that was part of this thread when I went looking for it. That was actually the cable that was on display in the BAT, Wilson setup I heard and fell in love with up in Illinois. Just curious if you have any experience with them on the Sasha.
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I have but not on my current system. I really like Transparent these days. Our Sasha's are wired internally with Transparent by the way. There were recent studies and disscussions how a single brand of cabling througout the whole system is more beneficial than a mix and match of even much more expensive cables. Thinking back over the years of my own systems I would have to agree although I never connected the dots of why that was. Now I know.
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many thanks to all especially phc1. what a great site. wish i had read this when initially written
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Someone mentioned cables are "filters". They can be if designed that way but typically it is our brain that is applying the filter of "preconceived notions" of what we read or heard about that specific product. Long term evaluation is much better as A/B blind test often fail us miserably only indicating that we have no clue what it was we heard a few minutes ago... No wonder audiophiles don't like blind tests. I always suggest just giving a product a fair shake in your system if that is possible. Go through some of your favorite music and take notes. Does it offer anything more? Are you enjoying the same album more, less or no change? Barring significant and obvious changes to your system like new pair of speakers, everything else really should be judged over a period of time as a "will this component gel well with the rest of the system and what does it do to the overall synergy and my long term listening tests"? I have never trusted quick A/B because it often did not pan out long term. What can sound as an exciting difference is often our expectations but in reality it is nothing. Or it can really be a difference but then you really should find out if that difference will make your system and your ears happy. Many happy upgrades to all. |
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Serge, I agree... for 80%. Indeed, you can only form a grounded opinion after listening extensively to a component, in a system that is familiar to you. But sometimes, the difference between 2 components is so huge, that you can hear it after a couple of minutes. At that moment you know exactly that you like component 1 (and that you also will in the future) and that component 2 doesn't 'grab' you (and never will). For me, those experiences (coming from my gut feeling?) have brought me my speakers (I live with them since 2011), and now my streamer (I've watched exactly 3 movies since I own it, and only because my daughter insisted upon seeing the last 3 Harry Potters ). Of course, I didn't decide after a couple of minutes, only after at least 3 long sessions. But in fact, I knew it from the first minutes (right brain and belly). The long listening sessions were meant to convince my left brain.
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Even two totally different solid state amps can and often do require some careful listening and lots of notes to compile a significant enough difference. There are small differences that can be picked up immediately but from an A/B test, there is not enough "data" to be an accurate gauge of long term listening satisfaction. Most people do like to listen to a variety of music and/or will explore when all the usual gets old and that is where the problems will arise. Build a system that sounded so impressive at the store on "audiophile grade" recordings and be forever disappointed when taking even a step outside the Diana Krall/Melody Gardot/Shelby Lynne zone... I've heard so many "impressive" sounding systems in my life that I run at the fist note that rings out... My ears are very sensitive and picky when it comes to midrange and everything above, to the point it causes me great discomfort in the upper frequency if there is harshness and hash present. So I can tell right away that "type" of typical highly resolving sound from a speaker will never work for me. People often mention "accuracy" from speakers. What accuracy? How is it gauged? By a flat response curve? By a highly resolving and linear tweeter? Why does that speaker sound like the piano is so icy cold it hurts the ear... Have you ever heard a piano in real life piercing the ear like that? How about brass instruments? Yes, there is a term "bite" from brass but it is not supposed to bite your ears off in real life like an audiophile system might. Last edited by PHC1; 11-29-2020 at 11:19 AM. |
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Serge, that's the 80% I agree with! I also experienced too many big buck systems that didn't move me, or even annoyed me. And then there were these modest systems that were so well put together that I was in tears (my criterium!).
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