I used to read 6moons for entertainment value (particularily Marja and Henks review of esoteric gear) and to get an idea of the crazier aspects of high-end fi, but it looks like 'Positive Feedback' makes 6moons look like an engineering site.
I'm not sure I would characterize the Nautilus as "pretty", but yeah, what a clutter fest. Those speakers are such an aesthetic statement they deserve to be seen without all that visual distraction.Ok, after buying such pretty speakers (and I mean the Nautilus) why would you clutter the view with a pile of ...
Hork! (About hork: A shout of derision from a grandpa bullfrog)
No real audiophile wants to mix panoramic views with music. Everyone knows turning down or turning off lights seems to enhance your hearing. Making music better.Not to mention they're playing those $100k+ speakers in a glass box. One of the real tragedies of our hobby is you really can't have a beautiful panoramic, floor to ceiling 360 degree glass walled view of your favorite skyline, and listen to edge of the art home audio sound at the same time. Unless, of course, your headphone system can recreate the sound of those state of the art speakers playing in a great accoustic space...
I'm not sure I would characterize the Nautilus as "pretty", but yeah, what a clutter fest. Those speakers are such an aesthetic statement they deserve to be seen without all that visual distraction.
I got my like in before this got deleted!As usual, I’m late at this shit show. All I can tell, RevOpod and Wadax, fuck you very much. Mods, feel free to remove this message.
I’m convinced Positive Feedback is a parody website stringing audio fools along till one day the curtain is pulled back and we see a holographic projection of James Randi giving the double thumbs up
Decadence and waste in an age of scarcity should be heavily ridiculed and frowned upon.
So is there any science that supports (I guess pun intended) the use of isolation feet for solid state audio equipment to improve audible sound quality under typical home usage? I can't think of how a reasonably constructed piece of gear would improve at all from anything more than rubber feet (and that' just so the case doesn't cause vibration noises on a surface).
So who buys this stuff?
If it's people with money to burn and ought to know better they get what they deserve.
There is a clear difference between conspicuos expense and resource management.On the other hand humans did not reach the age of space travel by staying in ear of the horse and buggy.
And If I had a multimillion dollar penthouse, I doubt I would be covering the windows.
I am not going to advocate that we ridicule or frown upon the people that can afford that gear.
But I’ll also be happy that I can be satisfied with a lowly system.
Correct. At least being able to make an informed decision about it and not being misled by false claims.There is a clear difference between conspicuos expense and resource management.
I'm not against nice looking gear, I'm against wasted resources to create bling without the performance.
There is a clear difference between conspicuos expense and resource management.
I'm not against nice looking gear, I'm against wasted resources to create bling without the performance.
And why has it to be so big if brands like topping can make a toplevel dac the size of a cigarbox...
Looks a lot like a boom box.Never heared about that Wadax thing, but when i saw the picture, it was dripping in snake oil and rich people's bling bling. And it's definitly ugly:
Even if it's only for the looks, i prefer a lot else above this ugly piece of shiny metal. And why has it to be so big if brands like topping can make a toplevel dac the size of a cigarbox...
It isn't a boom box? I thought it was a fancy one. But then I didn't really look close as it is butt ugly.Looks a lot like a boom box.