Peter, I am not really a dealer any longer. I import and distribute Gobel High End Speakers and Cables and I needed electronics to drive them so after I did my due diligence I fell in love with CH and bought it. I am a dealer for them since it made sense.I wonder what dealers would have to say about this. The big room at Goodwins High End has top tier vinyl and digital. I never heard the employees tell me that the non-source components in the room were selected on the basis of the source format. But then I never asked, because it never occured to me.
What do Alex and Eliot think?
I wonder if Paul thinks this is because of some sonic difference between the formats or because of some electrical or signal requirements? I wish he would expand and explain why he thinks this, and why he seems to be a rare voice with this opinion.
Yes, he did go too far. It's almost comical to think you'd optimize a system for a given source.
No, many people assemble the system and then go on changing the source forever trying to match the system and room ...
Things are never exactly black and white, but there is a lot of wisdom and experience in Paul words.
or.....you find or build the right room, add gear with broad capabilities, and then sort out the issues until the room is essentially neutral. all just common sense steps and one's many of us have done....varying by degrees.
no reason any good source should not work in that situation.
the source is the 'sauce' in this approach, and no doubt we all have different tastes and prefer different sauces. but if your room, gear and set-up are not neutral then you are right, it's chasing your tail. the system should reveal the truth of the source. if it does not then there is work to do. the less neutral your system, the narrower the sweet spot of the musical capabilities. the more neutral the system, the broader the musical capabilities.
Thanks guys. That is as I suspected all along. To me, Paul's comment about the source format dictating the rest of system is the most surprising aspect of Ron's whole exchange with him. Thank you for explicitly sharing your opinions on this specific subject.
We are moving away from the main point of Paul and what I was addressing - digital and analog have different needs of system and room.
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Respectfully, I don’t think people are moving away from your main point; I think people simply are disagreeing with you.
I, personally, do not think it makes any sense that digital and analog have different room needs, or different loudspeaker needs or different amplifier needs.
Once a/an analog / digital signal reaches an interconnect/speaker cable.... it's exactly the same!!
Same with a sound wave that reaches your ear. They are exactly the same!
Digital has a lower theoretical noise floor hence greater dynamic range. So it's better. Carry on...(snip-)People want to address the digital versus analog without referring to technical aspects that are fundamental to understand their differences in stereo sound reproduction - it is almost impossible IMHO.
Respectfully, you do not have significant experience with the best of modern digital equipment and digital recordings, I do not expect my points to make sense to you.
We are not addressing the signals, we are addressing recording media with very different capabilities - would you record using multi-track tape the same way as using multi-track digital? Do you carry mastering the same way for vinyl or digital?
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