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Conference hips::uk_audioo

Title:	You get surface noise in real life too
Notice:	Let's be conformist
Moderator:	GOVT02::BARKER

Created:	Thu Jul 28 1988
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	550
Total number of notes:	3847

295.0. "Is this conference going adrift?" by BAHTAT::SALLITT () Thu Jul 25 1991 13:39

    This conference seems to be getting a little stale. There also seems to
    be an impression that the conference is apparently here to satisfy the
    Linn-owning fraternity, 'though a scan through the directory tells a
    different story. This seemed to come to a head in topic 294, where a
    casual enquirer was turned off the conference by early replies, whilst
    a later one really answered the question well.
    
    I have tried staying out of CD-related notes, hoping that the new-world
    fraternity would start to build up their own catalogue of topics, but
    most CD enquiries seem to go unanswered for weeks. It may be that there
    is little interest in digital audio amongst the conference readers, but
    I doubt it.
    
    If this conference gives the impression of an analogue bias, then it is
    up to the digital enthusiasts to make the change. Although I personally
    have no problems with new-age audio enthusiasts extracting the Michael
    from me  for my liking of the LP, it doesn't contribute much to the sum
    of information in the conference; by all means let's have a laugh, but
    let us also have some informed debate.
    
    I would like to see more input from those knowledgable in digital
    audio. How about it, then?
    
    Dave

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
295.1		TASTY::JEFFERY	Make a new plan Stan	`Thu Jul 25 1991 14:34`	3
	I agree with .0; Step in Mr. Ives!
295.2	lets leave it as it is	HAMPS::IVES_J	I've got a bad feeling, Mr Tracey!	`Thu Jul 25 1991 14:52`	26
	Well . . . I actually agree with .0 I feel the problem is one of the different marketing of CD players vs Lp players (:-) ). because CD players are mostly from the mass market end (Philps marantz etc) the turnaround time for models is bewildering. One a noter asks for a reccomendation for a player, if you hav'nt bought a magazine for a few months then anything you say is certain to be out of date, which is depressing I know. Though I like CD as a medium I long for the time when we see truly classic designs which stay. I'll bet the Meridian and Naim players (and the Linn when it arrives) will fall into this category. As CD player performance equals (and exceeds !) LP performance, which I still acknowledge as the best sound TODAY, I think the conference will swing toward CD. And lets not loose sight of the fact that the other 2/3 of the replay system (amp & speakers) are common to both.
295.3		LAXATV::warwick	Trevor Warwick	`Thu Jul 25 1991 15:34`	9
	I like this conference, and I don't feel that it's monopolised by "luddite vinyl addicts". I find it far more interesting than the AUDIO conference. Contributors here appear to be interested in music as well as audio, whereas I find the AUDIO conference a bit equipment-dominated for my taste. I think the recent episode was a one-off. Trevor
295.4	What? But this is the Audio conf.????	SUBURB::SCREENER	Robert Screene, UK Finance EUC	`Thu Jul 25 1991 15:45`	7
	I think there's a fair balance to the notes I read here. Users of both the formats are trying to get the best out of their medium. It's just that the LP users have to go into greater lengths to optimise. 8-). Rob.
295.5	Oh no it isn't !	LAXATV::warwick	Trevor Warwick	`Thu Jul 25 1991 17:41`	4
	This isn't the AUDIO conference, this is UK_AUDIO. The AUDIO conference is on VAXWRK:: Trevor
295.6	Well I like it	CRATE::WATSON	Blood on the Rooftops	`Thu Jul 25 1991 17:55`	18
	Re. .-1 Trevor, Sorry to orrect you but this is the LINN conference, VAXWRK:: is the KRELL one :-) But seriously I like this conference the problem, as has been pointed out is that mid-low end CD players change very other month so this weeks ``BEST BUY'' might only be ``RECOMMENDED'' next month - mind you the rate that Linn are releaseing products makes me think (Karin, Kremlin, LK100, Trampolinn, LP-12/Basik etc etc) Rik PS Why do no-one complete my little trivia quiz - boring old so-and-so's :-) ASAK DC2100K => Frequency responce => DC to 100K Hz etc