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In the Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers...
Post Subject: ...Posted by twogoodears on: 9/2/2009
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Roman:
since I came to GSC, I became more and more careful (at least trying) in proper choosing words, due to the need of expressing myself in a language which isn't my own, some finesse and subtleties get lost, so further explanation or underlining or simply adding some thoughts is a mandatory... like in the above post.
About one year ago I was as far from laboratory instruments to be used as a fine tuning tool in my audio system as I'm afar from - as an acoustic and classical guitar player - electric guitar playing and what I learned in the last year or so is - as seen from my side - impressive.
I learned nonetheless to use for my (limited) task (fine tuning my speakers and audio system in my music room) the great IVIE IE-30 R.T.A. and IVIE IE-20 white/pink noise generator, I know what to look for and what to listen to obtain good results; for the above "knowledge", I'm in GREAT debt with you, The Cat, Jeffrey Jackson and my german friend Dietmar Hampel, but I do not cherish, feticistically, horns, drivers or tubes or other gears, but I sure look for emotions and trueness, which I avidly appreciate and search for.
What I tried to say - quoting Mingsu - was an attempt to underline the sense of uncertainty coming the several "experts" statements having a "definitive" recipe for all - from tubes to time-alignment to VTA to... as I know nothing, I consider an educated-doubting a weapon and a friendly attitude 'til a direct experiencing this or that on my part.
The doubts involved in fine tuning an audio system are ligitimate, as every room and speaker and ear and taste is different and one thing is making drawings on computer or paper, and much harder and complex and time consuming and WAF unfriendly, is hauling BIG, heavy gears around.
Theory sure is important, but experimenting also to confutate - to some extent - theories is what brings true advancements in every field.
Anyway, I'll pay a visit to Goto's workshop in Japan in few days... will try to formulate the best questions (I'll possibly have the support of a translator) on the topics we touched (amps, x-overs 1st and 2nd order, active/passive, amps, power handling, fluxes, precision, and the like) and will report soon.
BTW... you made me to laught at your hinting to "audio IQ comparable to Goto's throat diam. in inches";-)
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