HIfi Show in London, Heathrow 2005

HIfi Show in London, Heathrow 2005

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Entertainment

Tags:

• hifi
• high-end
• audio
• london
• show
• exhibition

[hajdeqihmi]

BOSE stands for;

Buy Other Sound Equipment

[PRC1972]

Bose = Death

[benjyboba]

@3Deity Can I just mention, our ears are designed to hear around us, When we play it flat, our perception of the frequencys from the speaker are trying to work out where the sound is coming from. That exact same sound will be heard diffferently from different angles to distances. We simply need to alter the frequencys to align and ensure they are all facing the listener. Its a perception illusion. The frequencys can be rebalanced to other frequencys and re-created to form a direct 3d illusion

[benjyboba]

@3Deity Sort of crosstalk but using things to advantage instead of it destroying the stereol ques, I'm not going to try and explain in words but if done right you get the same image allways coming from the center of the speakers. Even if you go left or right of the speakers. it has got more faults but very easily corrected with the right speaker design. Truely its all about creating the illusion and focus. I like to describe it as a camera being out of focus. Same with the frequencys.

[benjyboba]

@3Deity I'm not into any anymore, its sad, since I heard a proper system, all the rest seems totally pointless to listen to. Not to say there is anything on the market for me but In comparison against what I listend to. The difference is so dynamical that words can't describe it. Sounded belieably real and was coming from the mind. It was pleasent and had 3d sound and it even went up and down, like it was way above the listener. All done on 2 speakers. Thats what I like. Real stereo

[3Deity]

@benjyboba I replied but due to the post, not directly to you - D'oh! What gear are you into?

[3Deity]

Transaural audio is crosstalk really.

I agree, it is rare to find a music reviewer who is either an engineer or musician - this is one of the very great problems for the customer.

True, flat frequency response doesn't mean much - I have some 1930s speakers that sound amazing due to their reactance. They measure like shit!

There seems to be a 'hifi sound', people get addicted to push pull amps for unearthly bass and snappy sounding metal dome tweeters. Vocals shake the floor, my voice doesn't.

[benjyboba]

@3Deity You can't change physics but you can use them to our advantage. If you look through any hi-fi article, they allways talk about the problems but they don't tell you how to rectify them. I know simplicity is best to a certain extent but in my opion its all about getting that special balance between all the frequency levels so they all relate as they should and create a transaural illusion. Playing back flat doesnt relate the left and right speaker frequencys or fix crosstalk.

[3Deity]

@benjyboba The laws of physics don't change because someone with white gloves put it together in an air conditioned room. If you want true fidelity then simplicity of design is essential. Most manufacturers bang on and on about one aspect of music reproduction and flatly refuse to comment on anything else, this is because their understanding of the subject limited. For example, Thiele Small parameters do not define how speakers work, they are flawed. Designers cannot see outside these rules.

[benjyboba]

@3Deity Its not just what is inside the box, its the design and way its all put together. I've heard a system that many will never hear, nameless system built for the purpose of proper playback. Words can't describe the experience. I would love to demonstrate how BIG the difference is between a real High end system and manufactured shit. I think someone thought it would be cheaper to remove circuits to save on production costs then claim it degrades sound quality. Design is everything.

[3Deity]

@benjyboba Having attended lots of hifi shows in the UK I can tell you most of this gear sounds totally awful - if they spent as much effort on whats in the box then the situation would change. Whatever the case and no matter what your price range, 99% of hifi is the fast road to divorce, from your spouse and reality! :o)

[3Deity]

@benjyboba Thats because since the war people have wanted clean, modernist design. These days with so many complex manufacturing processes available relatively cheaply, the younger designers will vent their creative minds. Of course this is, as John Lasseter of Pixar suggests, like all classical art being produced by the chemists who mixed the paint. Just look at modern architecture, its shit because architects study loading, fabrication, access, fire regs and have no concept of art.