Recent content by Alisterkoran

As has been said, the social understanding of the term Audiophile has changed over the decades. These days, Audiophile and Audiophool are often used interchangeably. My rough and ready definition: Audiophile (Modern definition, AKA Audiophool): Someone who uses music to listen to their...

Fascinating thread. Unlike many I never got rid of my original vinyl purchases (I bought my first LP in 1978). I now have thousands of LPs. Am I a vinyl fan? No. I'm into music and quite format agnostic. I still sometimes play cassettes even, the top 40 compilation one's I made - Folk these days...

Anyone else bought the new Abba Album? I didn't have high hopes to be honest and as such am not disappointed, I doubt it'll become a classic. Anyway I bought the Amazon Orange Transparent LP (Matrix A3/B3). Good grief it sounds dire! Although I make sure my stylus is clean (using a 10x...

Yes, an Audiophool uses music to listen to his equipment. A Musicphile uses his equipment to listen to music. It really boggles the mind how intelligent rational people can loose 99% of their IQ and all sense of rationality when it comes to conspiracy theories or mega expensive cables with...

Yes, purposefully crappy. I'm fed up with it.

Yes. The modern Vinyl revival is a lot of the time a complete con. Take the Album "Real to Reel - Sound City" (David Grohl and company). I've got both the CD and the LP. The CD is compressed to hell and sounds terrible as a result, the LP sounds far superior in every way, and is less...

Yeah, the original Chicago LPs are fab, Chicago IX was the only one I didn't have, so when I heard they'd reissued it, I couldn't resist. So I was even more gutted when it turned out to sound awful. Personally I'm relatively format agnostic. Good music is good music but I do prefer the ease of...

I've got the roofer in repairing the roof. He saw my extensive LP collection and said that LP's are far better than CD's. Are they? I asked. Yes, he said "CD's are only 44.1 records are the full 48" (his exact words). I asked him what equipment he had. Cheap USB turntable and bluetooth...

Respectfully, what you don't appear to understand is that we don't believe you. Same with my claim that I ran 100 meters in 8 seconds flat. Unless I am able to provide proof then people are quite entitled not to believe me and instead dismiss me as a crack-pot. You can claim anything you want...

Here's mine https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Optical-Cables/XO-Optical-TOSLINK-Digital-Audio-Ultra-White/B06WW8K199 Mine goes underneath a rug just where I walk a lot (in front of a doorway and right next to the stairs) so I guessed if I got cable with a thick protective jacket it would hold up to...

Sadly that won't be possible. He says he doesn't think the AP system is resolving enough or uses the right measurements. So if Amir does do some measurements and doesn't see the 10x improvement, it means his test equipment isn't good enough. . . . That's a coincidence, the same thing happens to...

If only Amazon Basics made Hi-Fi equipment! I'm sure they would put many brands to shame . . . I've got an 8 metre toslink cable from my computer to my pre-amp. Cost under £10. Bit perfect as well (if one believes the DTS bit perfect test).

Wow. Just wow. Did I tell you about the time I ran 100 metres in 8 seconds flat? That was a day to remember, I tell you.

I'm sorry that I've apparently managed to upset you in some way. I was in no way making any implication about your expertise and knowledge, nor casting any aspertions. I was just stating my belief. I fully accept that we generally possess two ears as opposed to a B format mic which only samples...

Yes, that's the type of user it's aimed at, the casual ones. As said, it's a general consumer reports website reviewing everything from measuring spoons to credit cards. It isn't a specialist audio equipment review website and shouldn't be treated as such. Actually, compared to some websites...