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Post by danielquinn on Jul 4, 2014 8:44:41 GMT
objectivism v subjectivism is of course the primary dichotomy that runs through all intellectual thought since the renaissance , in hifi is has been appropriated and bastardised without due care and usually by cut and paste thinkers who don't really understand what they are talking about and try to close down arguments by quoting received wisdom they only have a 10% grasp off .
It makes for repetitive occasionally amusing arguments , in terms of a punter purchases I am at a loss to understand how "objectivism" can provide any information you ears cant .
And of course everybody with half a brain knows that was is passes off as objective knowledge is ultimately socially constructed normative narratives and can't escapes the fact it is at the core subjective .
Edit - in hifi it matters not a jot , but if you are to have a coherent epistemological and ontological theory then you simply cannot be both as they are mutually exclusive . Anthony Giddens did try to marry the two and this was of course appropriated by Blair and Brown and became the third way .
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Post by danielquinn on Jul 3, 2014 6:06:04 GMT
Further evidence of my theory that boron cantilevers and fine line diamonds are where it is at.
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Post by danielquinn on Jul 1, 2014 15:35:10 GMT
So what do we think is going on with isolation for solid state electronic devices? Lets be honest , nobody on this forum is equipped to provide a satisfactory explanation as to the audible benefits of isolating solid state electronic devises , if one exists .
Indeed, suppose someone was , what would such an explanation look like and how would it be proven ?
So people can report their findings and other people can try and that be fine and dandy ,explanation for explanation sake , what's the point ? . I once asked my six year old hold my amplifier and wiggle it whilst it played and I detected no difference .
The difference for me , is if someone is selling an isolation devise that costs hundreds or thousands and can be replicated with materials costing pennies or pounds , then it is reasonable to seek explanatory efficacy.
eg. why is a townsend seismic sink better than an inner tube in a metal box ,or still point record weight better than any lump of metal .
p.s - what is a hot thread , I do hope it is nothing I said ?
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Post by danielquinn on Jul 1, 2014 10:40:32 GMT
it be a fine line between a 1 and a 2 on a keyboard
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Post by danielquinn on Jul 1, 2014 9:24:25 GMT
True , but with traditional bi wire you have twice the expense , twice the cable and twice the dielectric and this can effect electrical properties and thus sound .
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Post by danielquinn on Jul 1, 2014 8:25:15 GMT
get a Samsung . Better than apples as they nicked all the ip and they have the swipe typing app which is awesome and none of the apple baggage.
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Post by danielquinn on Jul 1, 2014 8:19:15 GMT
bloody bargain , which I would have purchased had it not been for the fact that my avatar was a pain in the arse this morning so I couldn't surf the net at 6am .
edit - for clarification I meant the speakers not the dj TT lid
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Post by danielquinn on Jul 1, 2014 8:16:04 GMT
There is of course another way , which I have appropriated . As I have not seen anyone else replicate it , lets call it the NVA way . That is a single set of speaker cables which split in to two at the speaker end .
It is available direct from NVA , though as all my system is hard wired I did it myself .
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Post by danielquinn on Jun 30, 2014 13:19:53 GMT
I didnt and dont disagree . I am simply saying and said , the first sentence is beyond criticism and nobody can take issue with it , the second is not and best not expressed in my opinion without foundation . Otherwise areholes like me will come along and take issue with your opinion .
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Post by danielquinn on Jun 30, 2014 12:42:57 GMT
I haven't found any mat to better the ETP platter on its own, Julian. I think the ETP material must provides an ideal interface to vinyl. Okay , i spy with my little eye: a cause for concern . I am a subjectivist , in that all that matters is my ears , However as explained with my forum name , I hate post modernism it is scourge in which all opinions are equally valid and the world is collapsed to a series of opinions without legitimate assessment criteria . so , first sentence fine - good bold opinion , me likes them . second sentence suspect - you are seeking to normalise and generlise your personal experience so it takes on an explanatory efficacy outside of your personal experience . now this is illegitimate and not trivial , it is THE problem with subjectivist approaches to hifi for such illegimate sentences feed back in to the discourse and before you know it "etp provides an ideal inerface for vinyl" becomes fact. for what my opinion is worth , I consider the question of an ideal interface for vinyl independent of the rest of the turntable and its design philosophy to be an illegitimate question. additionally , for it not to be illegitimate some form of explanation would be required for peer review .
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Post by danielquinn on Jun 30, 2014 11:21:08 GMT
I prefer it if its warm - indeed c/heating and red wine [ adds a certain flush ] are my favored accompaniments .
i do agree ,heat negates concentration , a lecturer always used to say to me ,studies show that you learn best when you are slightly cold , hungry and sexually frustrated .
However , i dont associate concentration with the listening experience , i listen to relax not concentrate .m Indeed one of the good things about a good hifi is reduces the need to concentrate .
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Hi!
Jun 30, 2014 10:53:02 GMT
Post by danielquinn on Jun 30, 2014 10:53:02 GMT
On a point of fact - a] who you are - politics , beliefs etc - will be inextricably linked to the music you make , even if it is not proper music as it as no lyrics . Music of course being an emotive expressive art form . b} Whether you choose to pay attention to the individual who made the art is a personal choice , but given A , it is possible to dislike the music because it reflects the person who made it . As phil collins is a knob head but drums for the finest rock group ever , i rely on neitzche's dictum . Artists are the manure from which thier art grows .
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Post by danielquinn on Jun 30, 2014 8:48:23 GMT
Romm for further improvement then !
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Post by danielquinn on Jun 30, 2014 6:13:45 GMT
It would seem you have inadvertently discovered the "superiority" of sealed box's Martin
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Post by danielquinn on Jun 29, 2014 17:33:47 GMT
Daniel Quinn is not my real name -
Daniel Quinn is a character in the Paul Auster novel , New York Trilogy , he is a detective searching for truth and meaning in a post modern world in which all opinion is collapsed to enjoy equal status and thereby obfuscate reality .
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Post by danielquinn on Jun 29, 2014 16:54:22 GMT
Hello Everyone . My name is Daniel Quinn.
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