He probably likes artificial pine scent. SmileJV gave the Neoliths best of show at CES
Yeh, they probably provided him with a gas mask hooked up to the source to take it all in.....He probably likes artificial pine scent. Smile
Yip Yap
A cursory look at terrorist chatter on the internet reveals a fair number of people biased against the Neolith, claiming underwhelming demos, and as someone who tries to not fund the terrorists whenever possible, I must agree. I too have heard some very underwhelming Neolith demos, just as I have heard disappointing demos of a handful of other mega speakers. The Neoliths need to be set up properly, with truly great components behind them to deliver the maximum experience. And once you hear them in that context, I guarantee you will be blown away.
Neolith and the terrorist audiophile
http://www.tonepublications.com/MAGPDF/TA_079.pdf
I was reading one of the typically pedantic - to put it politely - reviews from Tone Audio, this one on the Neolith, and couldn't help but notice this language:
Yip Yap
{ "A cursory look at terrorist chatter on the internet reveals a fair number of people biased against the Neolith, claiming underwhelming demos, and as someone who tries to not fund the terrorists whenever possible, I must agree. I too have heard some very underwhelming Neolith demos, just as I have heard disappointing demos of a handful of other mega speakers. The Neoliths need to be set up properly, with truly great components behind them to deliver the maximum experience. And once you hear them in that context, I guarantee you will be blown away." }
No wonder I go through their entire issues in less than 5 minutes. Such tasteless junk...
I think describing this magazine as "tasteless junk" is unfair and unnecessary. I do not regularly see this magazine but I skimmed through the one for which you posted the link, and I read the Neolith review. I think this magazine simply is too lightweight for you. It just is not your "cup of tea." That does not make it "tasteless junk."
It might be easy for you to dismiss Tone Audio because it is not solely about high-end audio and it is seems not to cover (at least in this issue) anything in a very in-depth manner, but I can understand there is a market for a lighter, more diversified, less audio-intense magazine like this.
I object to the content of the "Yip Yap" because, among other things:
-- I think it is inappropriate and inflammatory to use the term "terrorist" in this context;
-- I am not sure what "biased against" means (some people post on the internet that they like the Neolith and some people post that they don't -- what is the author's point?);
-- some demos showcase a product in a positive light (ah, sound) and some demos do not do the products justice (this is not news, either);
-- doesn't every component "need to be set up properly" for its best attributes to be realized?;
-- isn't every component enhanced when it is demonstrated with "truly great components behind [it]"?
-- the author's "guarantee" does not mean much because it is stated in isolation, and not in comparison to competing speakers which the author has auditioned.
PS: I love the Neoliths when they reproducing an analog source and are being driven by big tube amplifiers. I agree with one common criticism of them, especially when compared to more elaborate and more expensive systems, but I think they are well worth their asking price. No speaker is perfect or immune from criticism.
I could live with Neoliths (as I could live with a few other speakers) happily for a very long time. If the Neolith is ever reimagined as a four-column system I am confident it will be a state-of-the-art loudspeaker system.
Oh you think the comment is unfair? Go ahead and delete the post and the all the rest, I don't care. But I am still looking at him and his publication with the same amount of contempt that he has for audiophiles.
Microstrip - I have a pair of Prodigys bought about a year ago. They are awesome speakers. Previously I had a mid-range pair of B&W and used the MLs to swap them out - like for like and changing no other components. I was running them from a mid-range Musical Fidelity amp (A300) quite adequately and they gave great sound - very substantially better than the B&Ws - with no issues driving the speakers whatsoever. More recently I have replaced the MF A300 with the MF Trivsita amp - a big beast - and friends tell me that it sounds even better. Despite having pretty mid market speaker cables (VdH The Snowtrack) I believe that the limiting factor on the system is now usually the quality of the source recording so this has become something of a preoccupation as the quality of the system is now highlighting the shortcoming in many recordings. Probably the next upgrade I will attempt is the speaker cables and after the the MF CD player which is pretty long in the tooth. Anyway, I guess the main message from me is that I have found the Prodigys to be an easy to drive speaker though perhaps would struggle with the output from a valve amp.
Microstrip - I have a pair of Prodigys bought about a year ago. They are awesome speakers. Previously I had a mid-range pair of B&W and used the MLs to swap them out - like for like and changing no other components. I was running them from a mid-range Musical Fidelity amp (A300) quite adequately and they gave great sound - very substantially better than the B&Ws - with no issues driving the speakers whatsoever. More recently I have replaced the MF A300 with the MF Trivsita amp - a big beast - and friends tell me that it sounds even better. Despite having pretty mid market speaker cables (VdH The Snowtrack) I believe that the limiting factor on the system is now usually the quality of the source recording so this has become something of a preoccupation as the quality of the system is now highlighting the shortcoming in many recordings. Probably the next upgrade I will attempt is the speaker cables and after the the MF CD player which is pretty long in the tooth. Anyway, I guess the main message from me is that I have found the Prodigys to be an easy to drive speaker though perhaps would struggle with the output from a valve amp.
and my first thought was when will Myles get his the name suggests its a successor to the monolith, maybe its closer to a mini-statement. I noticed it sports high-gloss paint finishes, de rigueur nowadays for flagship models.
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