I've never considered listening to anything as an arbiter of quality, only measurements do that. Consequently, on more 'subjective' forums, I've been labelled a Measurebater!
A measurebater, lol. That's funny. For me personally, I've always struggled with how to square measurements with personal tastes. Like years ago, I bought a pair of in ears because of their mirror flat response. But they were so boring to listen to and drab despite their ideal curve. I bought another pair that might have horribly failed testing due to their elevated output at lower frequencies. They just sounded warmer and more satisfying to me personally. I think with my in-ears....and my amp, the trick is in how they voice it. I admire your task of measuring things, but have you ever come across things that don't sound as good as their measurements would lead...or visa versa. Please know it's not a demeaning question...I really want to know your experience, or if you've ever noticed anything like that. I appreciate this conversation and your help on here.
Well Keith, if you've been following along, this is all a moot point because it's all been solved.
Tell us what problems you think are not yet solved. Since this thread is about Parasound, let us limit the discussion to the categories of products Parasound makes or products John Curl designed for Parasound.
And I will FOREVER hold you to it.
No I never have. I like plenty of things that don't measure well, like my valves and vinyl, but I have never found anything that measured well, but I didn't like. I actually think that 'boring' equipment is a Good Thing. I don't want excitement in my playback equipment, I want that only in the music. If something measured well but I didn't like it, I would consider that my fault, not that of the equipment, and I should jolly well get to like it.
Well, I think they have 'solved' cars. Excluding issues of pollution etc, which is inherent in cars anyway, as far as cars as a means of transport goes, they were solved many years ago. Everything in the last 20 years, perhaps longer, have been add-ons for marketing reasons, not for making travel better. People want their new car to have stuff on it they didn't have before, not because they actually need them. In some respects, modern cars are worse than 20 years ago, with so much being controlled on touch-screens and the car being in effects a mobile computer. If the software fails (or more commonly the hardware it runs on), the car won't go.
Well I'm wondering if the same answer is true for audio equipment. Yes I have a JC5, but I'm not out here saying it's the best thing either. There is no perfect 'solved' solution which is why this forum exists ironically.
I took @SIY to mean solved in the scientific sense. As in we have a full theoretical understanding of how electronics at the scale of amplifiers work. That doesn’t mean there can’t be engineering improvements (such as engineering class D amps to better withstand some edge cases).
We've solved cars now? I'm learning so much today. How long does your solved car go on a single charge?
No, there are new ways and technologies in the future only our grandchildren could hope to understand.
So go buy a 40 year old amp and sit on the top of that hill. You've won.
