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Post by leonski on Apr 3, 2018 2:01:27 GMT -5
Give up your infatuation with specs and you will long-term be better off.
It doesn't appear that a spec or combinatin of them can predict listening satisfaction.
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Post by jj2106 on Apr 7, 2018 10:42:14 GMT -5
Don't agree.
Specs don't tell you what 's gonna work well, but they do tell you what 's not gonna work.
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Post by leonski on Apr 7, 2018 18:59:31 GMT -5
I treat specs as 'advisory'. Not carved in Granite.
Sure, some do have meaning, maybe the input / output impedance ratios of pre/main amps.
I like to SEE what the 10khz square wave response looks like, but haven't reach any final conclusions.
But as a general rule? IMPOSSIBLE to predict what something is going to sound like, given even a fairly exhaustive spec callout.
I laugh when I read that XXX DAC chipset sounds bad. What? How many different implimentations of that chipset HAVE you heard, where, and in what systems?
I wish my 30+ year old FD-1000 still worked with its 14 bit TD1540 chipset. Than you might have something to beef about.
Reliable ears are Best Guide to what works. I'm certainly NO GoldenEar, but at shows, some rooms drive me out immediately while others engage me. Some I'd like to take home. Or LIVE in.
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Post by jj2106 on Apr 8, 2018 3:34:58 GMT -5
Ah, now, I fully agree!
J-J
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