-P-,
Thank you.
i'm getting a feel for where you are coming from. and it all fits.
the www is a wonderful thing. and if you goggle Phelonious Ponk, your web site,
Grumpy Old Arts, comes up. i read thru it and enjoyed your writing style and upbeat attitude toward the enjoyment of music. i agree with much of your viewpoint toward how much better 'boomer' pop/rock is than the stuff they do today.
where we don't agree is on the 'Audiophools' section of your blog where you write basically the same stuff you've written here, but with even more bluster.
i see you currently you use an
AVI ADM 9.1 active speaker system with direct digital input. you even have a connection with the AVI, the company. btw; i think small monitor speakers can sound very good.....especially for the investment involved.
i read over all the various parts of your website and see no mention of analog anywhere....which is my only issue anyway....and that is your supposed familiararity to high level vinyl performance. my claims have nothing to do with any objective proof; they are totally based on listening to SOTA vinyl. you claim to know about it; but nothing you have told us gets anywhere close to actually showing that to us. and your whole web site is devoid of this thing you claim to know about.
you seem to be a good guy in every way, i have nothing personal against you. i'm only asking you to back off on your claims of knowing about very high end vinyl playback performance. love your digital, worship it. i could care less. but if you say things about high end vinyl performance that you cannot back up then your credibility (on that particular issue) will continue to be challenged.
best,
Mike Lavigne