"borosteve" wrote in message


Why is it that most of the contributors to this group
seem to be some sort of anti- hifi sound quality brigade
who seem to think that all cd players sound the same and
that measurements and specs of components are king?

Where did you get that idea?

Have we reverted back to the 1970's when all you had to worry
about was how many watts your speakers could handle?

Where did you get the idea that audio was like that back in the 1970s?

Arny Krueger wrote:

"borosteve" wrote

Why is it that most of the contributors to this group
seem to be some sort of anti- hifi sound quality brigade
who seem to think that all cd players sound the same and
that measurements and specs of components are king?

Where did you get that idea?

Have we reverted back to the 1970's when all you had to worry
about was how many watts your speakers could handle?

Where did you get the idea that audio was like that back in the 1970s?

If anything, back then EVEN MORE attention was paid to the 'numbers'.

Today, most serious audio kit is actually so good that one need not overly
concern oneself with frequency response, signal to noise ratio or
distortion since even run-of-the-mill kit is very competent in these
regards (aside from audiophool stuff like tube amps for example which can
have dismal numbers).

Graham