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Ton = 'tone' (sound) auf Deutsch."Tonmeister" instead of "Tonemeister"? Ton of something, I suppose...
e.g., Tonband.
(tape recorder)
Ton = 'tone' (sound) auf Deutsch."Tonmeister" instead of "Tonemeister"? Ton of something, I suppose...
And I second that
Yes, good idea. But my reference was the brilliant humourist Loriot, who once said. "Life without a pug dog is possible but pointless''I think that's covered in Ecclesiastes.![]()
One may extrapolate using the fits I posted above.Seems like there is an asymptotic limit on price where even an amplifier of nearly infinitely poor ranking still costs something. Is it around $1000? Is that "cloth ear" territory?
A ton of money"Tonmeister" instead of "Tonemeister"? Ton of something, I suppose...
In the old days when the baby boomer were young in the early 80's of the 20th century i started to think about to try the recording engineer academic study, but the admission quota was about 1 of 300 of those who tried to apply - the admission requirements were really hard to fulfil, the rule of two or three instruments and good to have perfect pitch to hit the standard pitch, i gave up in the first place knowing that i wouldn't have even a slight chance'Tonmeister' is an honourable title. Seems a bit old-fashioned today, when people like to talk in anglicisms to appear modern.
Well, I don't know about $300k, but they've tested several over $50k, $70K, $100k, and at least one at $150k per monoblock pair.so, this was my first thought in response to the data in the OP.
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and this was my second thought
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In other words linear increase in ranking requires an exponential increase in price.
Testable hypothesis: @John Atkinson et al. need to test some $150,000 to 300,000 amps.![]()
My JFETs substitute for tubes. They're even in a mu follower circuit.Good question, you've got the problem!![]()
No vacuum, no good. Nature abhors a vacuum, but audiophiles love and crave it. Lets the electrons fly free, not like being shoved around like in a JFET.My JFETs substitute for tubes. They're even in a mu follower circuit.
LOL, sounds familiar to me. And I'm happy I stayed with EE (my dream since age 10) instead of trying the Tonmeister study. I could not play piano. It would have taken years just to qualify and then they took only 10 students each year in whole Germany.In the old days when the baby boomer were young in the early 80's of the 20th century i started to think about to try the recording engineer academic study, but the admission quota was about 1 of 300 of those who tried to apply - the admission requirements were really hard to fulfil, the rule of two or three instruments and good to have perfect pitch to hit the standard pitch, i gave up in the first place knowing that i wouldn't have even a slight chance
it turned out that it was hard enough for me to get the master degree of electronic science
Cats. Cats abhorNo vacuum, no good. Nature abhors a vacuum, but audiophiles love and crave it. Lets the electrons fly free, not like being shoved around like in a JFET.
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What do you think would happen if Topping or SMSL sought to advertise their products in Stereophile? And then send them in for review? The ads can't be that expensive. I predict that the snobs would fill the social-media airwaves with lamentations about the selling out of Stereophile.Because they get advertising revenue.
Well, of course it would have been Kal...he's one of us.There has been this:
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Topping DM7 8-channel D/A processor
www.stereophile.com
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Topping Pre90 line preamplifier
There has not been a conventional preamplifier in my main audio system for quite a while, because no multichannel preamp is available that's of high enough quality. Instead, I use the high-precision digital volume controls in my players and DACs and choose sources with a relay-based multichannel...www.stereophile.com
Both reviewed by Kalman Rubinson who is a member here.
A full page advert back cover or inside front cover or back cover is $10 or 15 thousand (2016/17 prices for a run of 6-12 months which was when I looked). It may have changed, but I doubt it. 1/4 page adverts anywhere in the mag are much less but still exorbitantly expensive for startups. I’m afraid the industry in general doesn’t like newcomers or anyone that is likely to rock the ‘feedback is bad, low distortion kills the music etc’ mantra. These people have corrupted a whole industry and a very few are making some money out of it. They are protecting their game. HiFi+ magazine is just as bad. The guy said to me ‘How much are you prepared to spend on adverts? We can do a good review’. No measurements just verbiage. The hi-end thing seems to be about selling bling and glossy magazines. Spare a thought for the people doing the serous stuff in the electronics used to record all this music.What do you think would happen if Topping or SMSL sought to advertise their products in Stereophile? And then send them in for review? The ads can't be that expensive. I predict that the snobs would fill the social-media airwaves with lamentations about the selling out of Stereophile.
The ads could show AP results, credited to Amir at Audio Science Review, with some testimonial quotes, etc. How would Stereophile refuse the ad?
Rick "asking sort-of seriously" Denney
Great movie.
When I first started we were the importers of a ‘hot’ product a U.k. magazine asked to review and I thought ‘why not’ the week before the review was due to be published I received three calls from the magazines advertising department and finally from the magazines editor asking that I advertise.A full page advert back cover or inside front cover or back cover is $10 or 15 thousand (2016/17 prices for a run of 6-12 months which was when I looked). It may have changed, but I doubt it. 1/4 page adverts anywhere in the mag are much less but still exorbitantly expensive for startups. I’m afraid the industry in general doesn’t like newcomers or anyone that is likely to rock the ‘feedback is bad, low distortion kills the music etc’ mantra. These people have corrupted a whole industry and a very few are making some money out of it. They are protecting their game. HiFi+ magazine is just as bad. The guy said to me ‘How much are you prepared to spend on adverts? We can do a good review’. No measurements just verbiage. The hi-end thing seems to be about selling bling and glossy magazines. Spare a thought for the people doing the serous stuff in the electronics used to record all this music.
I’m afraid the whole hi end thing is rotten. And don’t get me started on UK dealers.