Rip off hi fi true or false ?

[Frank Harvey]

I have to bite my tongue on occasions, system building appears to be something of a dying art and components and combinations that I know to produce poor results are often recommended together, their unsuitability is easily proved by demonstration, though sadly I am no longer in a position to do so.

Agree.

 

[Al ears]

I'd wait for them to go down a wee bit more....

More exhaustive research needed, then.

Indeed, there's no fire without smoke.

 

[Al ears]

One of the biggest problems for customers in the hi-fi industry is the perception that there is a direct correlation between price and sound quality. I've listened to enough different kit at all sorts of prices to know that there isn't.

It's not just the hi-fi industry. Initially my girlfriend was cheap to run, then she became my wife and ............................

 

[lindsayt]

...On a slightly different point, John Curl was, for a while, my boss at JBL/Harman. He also had did one job that I would have given my right arm for, consultant audio engineer to the Grateful Dead...*dirol*

My Grateful Dead albums sound disappointingly poorly engineered.

Especially when you consider that they are such an iconic band.

 

[Al ears]

Add a suitably exotic new veneer and .... bingo, quid's in!

 

[Al ears]

...On a slightly different point, John Curl was, for a while, my boss at JBL/Harman. He also had did one job that I would have given my right arm for, consultant audio engineer to the Grateful Dead...*dirol*

My Grateful Dead albums sound disappointingly poorly engineered.

Especially when you consider that they are such an iconic band.

My guess is it was deliberate. Nodoby would want to think they were a polished outfit now would they.

 

[davedotco]

...On a slightly different point, John Curl was, for a while, my boss at JBL/Harman. He also had did one job that I would have given my right arm for, consultant audio engineer to the Grateful Dead...*dirol*

My Grateful Dead albums sound disappointingly poorly engineered.

Especially when you consider that they are such an iconic band.

My guess is it was deliberate. Nodoby would want to think they were a polished outfit now would they.

John Curl was part of Alembic, responsible for Phil Lesh's phenominal 4 channel bass setup and later consultant on their huge touring rig. 'Owsley' and Dan Healy were responsible for most of the early recordings and defined the Deads unique sound.

John was an inovative audio design engineer whose career highlights include hi-end custom musical inntruments and amplification to the greatest touring sound system of its era, even including hi-fi, such as the early Mark Levinson amplifiers.