Stereophile article calling bullshit on high-end bling...

Art Dudley’s recent Stereophile article calling bullshit on high-end bling has a lot of people singing hallelujahs...  


http://www.stereophile.com/content/skin-deep


  

Todas as iniciativas são bem vindas mas o A.D. escusava de citar as marcas que regularmente avalia…

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ricardo onga-ku escreveu:

Todas as iniciativas são bem vindas mas o A.D. escusava de citar as marcas que regularmente avalia…

R

Concordo inteiramente, com a excepção, por experiência própria, desta parte do texto;

So, too, do companies such as Conrad-Johnson, whose Classic 60 amplifier ($3750) combines quality, performance, and value in a manner that ought to be an example for all.

  

Este Art Dudley até diz uma coisas muito acertadas...  


" Art Dudley, in the July/August 2002 issue of Listener gave the Ortofon Jubilee an absolutely rave review, with five stars (the maximum) for quality and three checks (the maximum) for value. His conclusion: "sheer sensual, tactile, intoxicating beauty is what infused every listening session with the Ortofon Jubilee."

"...the Jubilee is one of the three or four best cartridges I've ever heard...the Jubilee finds the melody, and flows with it in a naturally musical, exquisitely expressive manner." Art Dudley


E muita gente aqui neste forum gostaria de ter o giradiscos que ele usa...

Eu incluído.,. 


http://www.stereophile.com/content/listening-135-page-2

O homem, que escuta todas as colunas com um S.E.T. asténico numa sala minúscula que afecta brutalmente a resposta abaixo dos 300Hz, tem uma predilecção especial por colunas monovia e todo o tipo de chaços jurássicos…

ricardo onga-ku escreveu:

O homem, que escuta todas as colunas com um S.E.T. asténico numa sala minúscula que afecta brutalmente a resposta abaixo dos 300Hz, tem uma predilecção especial por colunas monovia e todo o tipo de chaços jurássicos…

Pelos vistos também gosta de Onga Ku...

Now here's the big question: Where are the Maseratis of hi-fi? Where are the products whose performance and craftsmanship can be appreciated by virtually anyone? Where are the products that are so staggeringly well-designed and well-built that to say "I need it" seems almost reasonable?

Hmmmm...My own very short list would include the Linn Sondek CD12 CD player, the Audio Note Ongaku amplifier, and maybe one or two other things. But what characterizes those sorts of products—and the reason I like them and covet them—is that they play music better than the things I already have. Musical ability is different from deep bass or holographic imaging or the other sorts of things that can impress almost anyone just a few seconds into the first song. Music is easy to miss for the listener who thinks his job is to concentrate on the sound.

I'm sorry, but an interconnect is not, under any conditions, worth as much as a new car. For me, that lack of willingness ends today.


Neste aspecto, a minha boa vontade ja acabou há muitos anos.   

afonso escreveu:

ricardo onga-ku escreveu:

O homem, que escuta todas as colunas com um S.E.T. asténico numa sala minúscula que afecta brutalmente a resposta abaixo dos 300Hz, tem uma predilecção especial por colunas monovia e todo o tipo de chaços jurássicos…

Pelos vistos também gosta de Onga Ku...

Now here's the big question: Where are the Maseratis of hi-fi? Where are the products whose performance and craftsmanship can be appreciated by virtually anyone? Where are the products that are so staggeringly well-designed and well-built that to say "I need it" seems almost reasonable?

Hmmmm...My own very short list would include the Linn Sondek CD12 CD player, the Audio Note Ongaku amplifier, and maybe one or two other things. But what characterizes those sorts of products—and the reason I like them and covet them—is that they play music better than the things I already have. Musical ability is different from deep bass or holographic imaging or the other sorts of things that can impress almost anyone just a few seconds into the first song. Music is easy to miss for the listener who thinks his job is to concentrate on the sound.

Whatever...