You are so right.
Even Brendon Heinst, the extremely gifted sound engineer who has developed cutting-edge recording techniques, is victim to it. But then again, perhaps he gets paid for it.
Thank you Amirm for exposing what is so obviously snake oil.
I am equally stunned that there are people willing to spend $500 for the "Furutech NCF Booster" plastic bracket in order to elevate cables above the floor.
I really don't get this. Even a sound engineer that I respect, Brendon...
My takeaway of the ASR review is not that you should be unhappy with your purchase. There are many reasons that can make you quite happy with it, such as the great looks, the "single box" format, or the user interface.
The main message of ASR, in my mind, is that for this budget, you could...
I have the same Genelecs and am looking for the same avr pre-amp set up (i.e., HDMI in, L/C/R pre-out to active speakers, and internal output to passive surround/heights). Would you mind sharing the brand/model that you settled on?
Very convincing, thank you. Would you mind sharing which AVR brand/model do you recommend/use for the setup you describe (hybrid, HDMI input, dolby Atmos, L/C/R out to external amps, and internal outputs to surround & height)?
Thank you @Cuckoo Studio for this very informative review! Wonderful to see the state-of-the-Art of half a century ago being measured.
If you have time, I would have two questions :
1. Where did you find replacement earpads?
2. Which modern day electrostats would you consider as roughly in...
Definitely a way more fulfilling experience for me with VU-meters.
By the way, I spent much more on "dancing needles" when I got my TEAC AP-501.
And my very very first amplifier was a Philips RH 520 "Fish Eye"... absolutely gorgeous looks do my eyes... and wonderful memories of discovering...
OK, that’s helpful because B&W 804 shares similar characteristic of low impendance/high phase angle (around 100Hz) so therefore “difficult to drive”.
I realize this might be a sensitive topic (ex-wife and all that… have been through that myself), but do you know if the combo delivers without...
@Ron Texas wrote elsewhere that he believes it is NC122MP based.
And AP-505 has toroidal power supply, which influences power delivery behavior.
That is why I am looking for any actual feedback from marrying AP-505 with “hard to drive“ speakers, and specifically the ELAC Reference DBR62.