Invasion of the Audiophile! or, how one Audiophile system affects another Audiophile.
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- Loic from the amazing channel HIFI CAVE visits Dave Listens To HiFi and listens to my system. After a brief intro, I present Loic and my conversation about my system, his speakers, and different perspectives on HiFI. We had a great time, I hope this comes across and you also enjoy the video!
Have fun in Spain, love following you and Loic’s friendship. 😊😊
Spain was awesome, great food, awesome cities to visit, amazing places to ride a bike, wonderful weather, definitely recommended!
Hi Dave. You've really brought back some good memories from the late 80s-early 90s, when I was listening to my own Carver silvers. At the time of purchase I had them set up in a huge loft apartment with 13 foot ceilings. The more room you give them to breathe, the more they reward the listener with depth. I still kick myself for selling them. Young and foolish days! Have a great vacation. Salut from N.B.
I have my speakers about 9 feet from the front wall, that space really helps the depth so I can imagine what high ceilings would do as well! profitez bien de vitre systeme au NB ;-)
I recently purchased a used PS Audio P600 regenerator and had some insane reduction in noise in my system. ESPECIALLY on my phono stage. All the comments on the benefits of eliminating or reducing noise in your system are SPOT ON!! Well done guys. 🎉
Hey ABX, thanks for watching! Glad to hear that you had a positive experience with the PS audio regenerator, sounds like it is a real solution to the power problem.
Hola Dave, Hope you enjoyed sun, tapas and tinto! Had to smile quite a few times during the video especially where it reminded me of myself when I find something that removes sonic obstacles creating a truer sound. More realistic, clearer or background removing tension from the notes. Always amazing! It can take a week or more until my mind understands what I hear. This builds listening comprehension resulting in a deeper enjoyment of music 🎶. Enjoying the ability to hear music, silence, nature and the interactions. Zack
Thanks Zack. Sun and heat were very welcomed, nice to be away and nice to come home as well! I've got a line on a power conditioner from another company, hope to be reviewing this soon.
From the wall outlet, I cover the outlet with a carbon fiber cover; plug a Tripp Lite Isobar (no cable plug-in unit); i place an obsidian crystal pyramid touching the Tripp Lite; and have silver cables with NCF filter terminals. Each makes a noticeable difference in clarity.
I have a no-name silver wired power distributor.
Marginal gains! I've heard some comments recently about optimizing everything and getting great sound from your existing products, thanks for bringing this up.
That's a great intro =)
Despite the rather terrible sound, I had fun making it! Thanks for watching.
Great content, starting at 6.00 :) I love the chat between you guys talking in terms that only an Audiophile understand. I share the journey you have done regarding AC power (and power cables) and had similar reaction = Where did the noise went which I did not hear before?!?!?!? It will let every note and nuance breath with better separation plus an added sense of depth and realism... But I was able to reach this kind of elevation with a power conditioner called Supra MD08DC and this is really cheap. I am very curious what this Puritan has to offer x 5 the price :) Was that the "Amazing" speakers by Bob Carver? Nice... :) Cheers!
Hi Martin, thanks for watching! Supra sounds interesting, not sure if I can get a hold of one near me but I'll look out for it. Yes, Carver Amazing speakers, no plans to change them they do what I like!
Do a serious listening of the Inakustik power conditioner and cables. They are expensive but I was blown away. Talk to François at Lemay Audio
Thanks for the recommendation! Lemay seems to be in my neighborhood, I'll see if they can help me out!
There are no shortcomings in state of the art audio measurements. We can measure every parameter of audio way beyond the thresholds of human hearing. The problem is audiophiles still ignore or remain unaware of the basic tenants of psychoacoustics which clearly demonstrate that we can't reliably compare an aural memory to real time aural stimulus. If we make comparisons with a delay between samples of two seconds or more that are not time synchronized, level matched and blind we will perceive differences whether there are any or not. THIS has been demonstrated in controlled test after controlled test. We already know why people hear differences, even dramatic ones in flawed comparisons. We don't need better measurements. We need better listening tests that account for how human hearing and aural memory actually work. And we need audiophiles to put their egos in their back pockets and stop thinking this is about their listening skills. How we hear, process and set sound to memory is the result of millions of years of human and mammal evolution. You can't will it away or defeat it with "audiophile experience."
I am passive about the 'lab coat explanation' of it, like how do you explain a Beethoven symphony? You cant, you experience it.
@@tothemax324 actually a musicologist can give an in depth explanation of what makes a Beethoven symphony great. But that doesn't matter. You are conflating art with science. A sound wave is what it is regardless of how we react to it emotionally.
Hi Scott, thanks for watching and for your thoughtful comment! I disagree that we can measure every parameter, because we still have components that measure great but do not sound the best, and components that measure the same but sound differently. Your comments on the problems of 'Audiophiles' is a bit dismissive of the experience of probably 80% of self proclaimed audiophiles who have systems set up well with enough resolution that allows them to consistently hear these differences. I wish you an awesome audio journey, I encourage you to keep listening with an open mind.
@@davelistenstohifi to say that anything measures "great" but does not sound "best" is to conflate objective measurement with subjective preferences. Nothing measures "great." Things just measure as they are. "Great" is an inherently subjective label that a person has to attach. As for things measuring the same but sounding different...1. most things don't measure the same. 2. Objectively discerning what sounds different by ear requires blind level matched protocols. It's normal to perceive differences where none exist in sighted comparisons that are not level matched, time synchronized and quick switching. I do have an open mind. Part of having an open mind includes being open to the possibility that we are not human tape recorders and can be quite mistaken about what we think we hear.
@@tothemax324 What definition did you look up? "The word musicology literally means "the study of music," encompassing all aspects of music in all cultures and all historical periods." So it is all encompassing. Calling me irrational based on your misunderstanding of the word is....irrational.