The Noob Linearity factor

[Folsom]

If you can't hear it, what's the point in pointing out. It is obvious to the ones who can. There is nothing to do with fine hearing that can be missed out or needs to be pointed out

I hear good and bad things. Punch is clearly very strong which is much closer to real drums but guitar tone is pretty bleh - I don't think it's the speakers. The guitar sound is nimble but lacks the flavor that makes a player fall in love with using it.

 

[bonzo75]

I hear good and bad things. Punch is clearly very strong which is much closer to real drums but guitar tone is pretty bleh - I don't think it's the speakers. The guitar sound is nimble but lacks the flavor that makes a player fall in love with using it.

guitar tone was the best I heard in person and to me is reflected in the video. It goes coherently throughout. Fine if you don’t like it, we disagree.

Just to clarify, it is not that this passage of music/this track has a great guitar tone, but what it has is playing through this best. I fell in love with it

 

[Folsom]

paleo is fine except for one problem, they avoid grains/lentils. There is not enough fiber. Just from low starch veggies isn’t enough. Fiber is good in keeping your LDL low. You can do your own research on fiber and confirm with a doctor specialised in cholesterol, but I would add barley, bulgur, beans, chickpeas, lentils, oats, quinoa to paleo. Fiber absorbs LDL and gets it out of your body

This has a lot more to do with things like natural levels of IAP for pre-digesting fats in intestines before the cross into the blood. If you can't digest prior then fibers are good as you suggest but then also paleo isn't really for you... And vice versa. High cholesterol can be a result of dietary intake (lack of ability to breakdown in intestines) or from an upset liver. You can have very high cholesterol and consumer absolutely none ever, because the liver can make all it wants. Oddly enough the type of saturated fat in coconut oil tends to make livers produce a lot of cholesterol. So I wouldn't just recommend the same general thing for everyone. I especially am not a big proponent oats in general since they tend to be soaked in glyphosate unless they're from a certified glyphosate free source. Even organic now doesn't mean low - but non-organic are just teeming with this known carcinogen (among other things). The funny thing is oats are recommended for testosterone but glyphosate is known as a pretty darn strong endocrine disrupter for males.

 

[Folsom]

guitar tone was the best I heard in person and to me is reflected in the video. It goes coherently throughout. Fine if you don’t like it, we disagree.

Guitar fluidity sounds like it might be one of the best. Tone isn't the same thing to me. It's clear it is special with guitar but there just isn't quite the timbre of a tubed up guitar amp that we know was used.

 

[the sound of Tao]

Alcohol and Marijuana also increase musical enjoyment. But I don't think they are good for you. Of course that is debatable.

do you consider them to be a tweak?

Much more of a component level upgrade.

 

[Hi-FiGuy]

do you consider them to be a tweak?

well yeah....its a two stage tweak, it removes distortion and increases the soundstage into multiple dimensions!!!

 

[PeterA]

well yeah....its a two stage tweak, it removes distortion and increases the soundstage into multiple dimensions!!!

Do not forget the added color and enhanced experience that leaves you hungry for more....

 

[Rumpole]

Alcohol and Marijuana also increase musical enjoyment. But I don't think they are good for you. Of course that is debatable.

Twenty years ago I had my system really dialed in - the perfect room, SF Amati Homage speakers, amazing tube preamp and Merlot amps from Supratek. A friend listened to the system and kept repeating: "You don't need drugs, You don't need drugs." I felt that described it perfectly, and that is the beauty of a nice audio system, it can transport you emotionally and psychologically without the need for chemical stimulants. Then one of the amps died, I got married, moved, sold the Amatis...

I think sometimes I'm chasing a particular experience that was much more than the sum it's audio components. I had another magical moment I'll never forget with inexpensive Martin Logan speakers, GTA tube amps, an Oracle Delphi turntable playing Vivaldi violin concertos, less than $4,000 for the total system. It did not require an expensive system to have that experience, it was more about the context, playing music well suited to the strengths of the speakers, my mental state, the person I shared it with. But it also made me aware of what was possible and motivated me to invest more time and resources in audio. If people want to spend mega bucks changing and hopefully improving their audio system, more power to them. There is fun in experimenting with different gear even if it is not always "better". And who cares what anyone else says or does? It does not affect my enjoyment of my system.

 

[bonzo75]

I had another magical moment I'll never forget with inexpensive Martin Logan speakers, GTA tube amps, an Oracle Delphi turntable playing Vivaldi violin concertos, less than $4,000 for the total system.

Can imagine this will sound good