Audiophile View of Two LED Brands

If you look at scientific double-blind tests, most stuff in hifi are fake and a tremendous waste of money. Its so easy to manipulate how we perceived things.

You mean I wasted my money on Nordost $7k speaker wires ——- LOL

It’s your money, you could do whatever you wanted with them. :smiley:

I know a lot about double-blind testing and audio gear.

What people don’t realize is that ‘critical listening,’ much like other human endeavors, is often times a learned skill and most people don’t possess the skill.

Get a bunch of professional musicians, recording engineers, piano tuners and conductors in the same room and get back to us.

Standing in a BestBuy and listening to some mass produced HT system, not so much so.

Chris

On Polish audio forum, a few years back there was a guy who offered prize 2.500$ for “audiophile” who could in blind test hear differences between cables as many claimed can hear.
No one dares to participate.
End of story. Go with fairy tales somewhere else.
Mike

Most professional musicians can’t hear from years of playing

I was joking about the speaker wires—I stopped at 3k in 1996 —- It’s an affliction like any thing else —racing etc
But there is definitely differences in cables-tubes-components — you get more out of components for sure
In 1996 around tax season I sold all my high end gear —paid my taxes then I bought old stuff —It’s amazing — 1959 EV speakers —bottlehead preamp and a set of SET amps

I don’t own any flashlights with these emitters so I was really disappointed when the LH351D /FW3A never came to fruition. :confounded:
I am not such an amplifier buff either but I can see the analogy between audio speakers and flashlights.

Some speakers are just eye openers, when a friend of mine played some music on his Pioneer speakers from the 70’s, the whole room just “lit up” . I was like “wooh I have been listening to these songs for years and I never saw that there was a whole row of instruments in that back row” .

I simply use power cords of the size they use in washing machines for my 80+ pound transmission-line speakers. I got the advice from a salesman in a high end audio shop. Only tip: use same length cord for all channels.
It may be different for those who are so totally committed (and rich) they can afford to rebuild their home around their private audio theatre.

I’m looking for:

LED = Thiel

Can be driven hard to shine

Any recommendation?

Now that's what I'm talking about! That's a great quest! Unfortunately, no recommendation but it would be significantly cheaper .

Just like in our hobby, there is power, source (Analog-Analog, Digital-Aanalog conversion) components, pre-amplification, low level signal (via RCA, optical 'cables'), amplification, high level signal (via speaker wires) and output devices (speakers). The final, critical step in this process is what I'm talking about. It is certainly a subjective topic.

I'm not MIDDLE-AGED! ...Oh, wait...

Ding, ding, ding! Exactly!

Hey, don’t laff.

I flat-braid my own oxygen-free Cu magnet-wire into multiple caduceus-pairs to insure zero stray inductance or RF pickup, and get the cleanest crispest PWMed light available on the market from my F13 hosts, bar none.

Absolutely correct!

Now what we like and seems to be the best for us, the user/listener is affected by the variables such as marketing, aesthetics and ultimately "How does it sound in the room it's installed?" I think the standard for a good company is to let the consumer try it out in their listening environment.

I have to be honest with you guys. I have many years of experience as a musician. In my family, we have 3 generations that I have first-hand knowledge of, performers and teachers on wind instruments, piano, guitar and voice. Please excuse the additional sharing of my resume as I really don't want to impose an ego on anyone. I'm just saying I am learned. (place nerd face here)

Oh crap,
I sure hope what’s his name from Monster Cable doesn’t read that.
Cost of lights is going to triple.
All the Best,
Jeff

One where the PWM extends to 40kHz?
And the mode changes must always be in correct phase?
Nod, Nod, Wink, Wink,
All the Best,
Jeff

I went to a small, high end shop back in the early nineties and listened to a version of Chris Isaak's Wicked Game on CD and then on a turn-table. OMGOODNESS!!! What an enthralling experience!

I used to take my favorite instrumental recordings (CDs) to high end shops to hear everything my home system may not have revealed. One shop even allowed me to set up my home-made Vifa mid/Audax tweeter based satellite speakers to compare to retail brands. Paradigm speakers were just coming on the market at that time. My speakers gave me goosebumps in the mid to higher range.

BTW, to extend my analogy, Paradigm output would be more in the neighborhood of the Samsungs.