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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: The Kato-san's Goto system
Post Subject: Two things I need to note.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 5/24/2017
 twogoodears wrote:
That was the case... I listened to other expensive systems and I'm NOT impressed by amount of money spent, audio-wise. 

I did not accuse neither you in this nor your comments in this bias. However, a large amount of money spent is very frequently serves as obstacle in a development of audio thinking and in advancement of audio practice by the OWNERS of the expensive systems. I see it very frequently in brand-inherited groupies generally and in Goto users in particularly. It is a very frequently that a person buy some kind of expensive element, let say Kharma speakers for $200K, then the person by the virtue of investment into the expensive model has a presumption that by the utilization of his expensive loudspeaker he has some kind of assurance of “better sound. In realty there is nothing further from truth and I hope you know that “great sound” did not come from great components but from great efforts.
 twogoodears wrote:
I mean: when a system and a "room" play so beautifully and harmonically rich in texture and detail, impressive when low end is asked for and so enjoyable, well... that's something to me. 
Sure I understand your criticisms, Roman... yet, while listening, everything technical is not considered, at least when pleasure and pros surpass cons - like when you're in the pleasant company of a lady you simply don't think about her kidney or lung functions or when driving a fine motorbike you simply don't think about the metal its clutch is made-of or viscosity of motor-oil... 

Stefano, it is not a secret that we share different things with the world, you at your blog and me at mine. Your blog is a dairy about your exposure to different things and you do not look into the inner working neither of the things you observed nor into the insights of your own perception. This is perfectly legitimate area of interest and I have no problems with it, neither have I criticized you for doing it. However, my own site reflect the interests that I have and my interest have to do to a great degree with audio specifics, decisions sensibility, design reasoning, development methodologies, observing and analyzing playbacks expressive methods, recognizing playback construction patterns, identifying the correlation between playback expressivism  and listening perception. It is not that I am impermeable for “music and pleasure” but the pleasures is not what I chose to share at my site, the dedicated to “advanced audio and evolved music reproduction techniques”. I spent quite a number of years of very hard thinking and hard practicing some aspect of audio and I very much appreciate to see how my practical accomplishments and my understanding audio methods stand up against the audio practice by others audio practitioners. It is not a competition like many morons see it but rather a correlation and collaboration. Unfortunately many audio people do not know how to do it…  What I think you are missing in your example with the pleasant company of a lady is that you afraid that I care about “her kidney or lung functions”. In reality I care to learn what make me enthusiastic about her and if I enjoy her company so much then it might be a reason in her, in me or in a world that made her presence so enjoyable. I do not think that it is in any way or form degrade the quality of my feeling about the lady. Instead is helps me to avoid a company of the ladies with whom I would not have that warm and fuzzy feeling…
 
Rgs, Romy the Cat

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