Hi Guy 13
I think what has happened is the same as what has happened before here. I have gotten feedback from a lot of members and a lot of ex-members about Audio Circles reputation. AC and AA and others have become what most of the audiophiles look at for guidance. It and the others have also become ranting centers. I'm sure there is lots to rant about and maybe there should be a rant section for these to be made, but as forums in general grow and mature they will take on a new face (as all things do) and the idea of a discussion forum is going to win out over a flame house, which is what at least for now these forums are being referred to as. But as the SA has done all things can be presented in a way of respect. Still opinions, but respect based and not anger based. Hey, that goes for me too. One of my friends said, mg I've never seen you loose your temper like that.
I am not the judge of who does what. I am an engineer/musician turned designer. If you look at my history you will see that I have built literally (audio camps) that were put together for the sole purpose of exploring audio and energy from a practical side. I've had hundreds if not thousands of engineers, technicians, instrument manufactures, scientist, hobbyist, musicians, education leaders and many other interested types visit and evaluate the "Tune". Your audio journals are full of people I have tuned with and for. With this I have never looked at myself as one of the audiophile groupies. I never followed the pack and they will tell you so.
Do you guys remember when Audio Advisor sold off a bunch of my speakers at ridiculously low prices? It gets brought up even now. The reason these went to Audio Advisor is because I rejected them. I rejected the whole production run and didn't take a penny for them and let the parenting company of this project do what they wanted to with them. Keep in mind they had already gotten very good reviews, but that's not my style to do less than what I am up to. The products were built in one of the big 5 speaker productions factories that supply or supplied your high end speakers. I could read you off a list of the brands and you would say "wow". Fact is they failed to meet my listening standards and although they were said to be better than the competition I couldn't be a part of something for the sake of money or the accepted norm. This probably cost me my seat amoung the hot speaker designers of that time, but I couldn't do it, not if it meant those compromises. It cost me more than this, it also cost me a very good friendship all because of heavy MDF and rubber grill mounts.
Sometimes in our community some build stories or fiction because, I don't know, boredom or because we can. But this has never been my way or desire. I am a huge fan of the development of products being created to turn energy into something useful outside of audio and within. I'm not here to state building codes or tell any one to do something that they can or can't get approval to do. What I do is research the things that work. Things that make your audio signal as good as it can be. Loosening the screws on your wall outlet is not against any code that I know of. I don't believe there are codes against this practice on any of your audio equipment. I do go a lot further than this for listening but that's for me and my listening. How far you go is up to you. My job is to find all the things in the signal path all the way through the path and see their effect on the out come of the music. If it were more dampening I would say so as this has become the popular path and you all know how I need to be popular
. The fact is the industry got onto a one way street mentality and the more you bought the more the fever grew. Bigger and bigger and more $$$ and even more $$$ became the audiophile norm completely bypassing the conditions that make the audio signal perform at it's best. When I started really pressing the issue the industry turned a cold hand to me because they had their gravy train in full force. Simply I couldn't play by those terms. there was so much BS being thrown at you guys and you folks threw your wallets at them without balance.
Now we are just at the edge of seeing the balance start to shift and I with or without you am going to make a voice. Once you guys start lightening up the load across the board and find all the places where the signal can be set free, and get rid of your fear of distortion, which is nothing more than a guilt trip, you are going to (if you haven't started already) to head the other direction. I have over the last few years found this balance, but in no way do I feel that I am on this path alone. Earlier some of you, or at least one pressed me to share my equipment list. I could tell where this was going right from the start (been around the block). If my private system could some how be discredited than this could add to the fuel of keeping the new and crazy ideas out. Well hate to tell you this but even if you guys heard my simplest system in tune it would embarrass the high ends best of the best. WHY? Because I'm listening with an audio method and not a bunch of products thrown together with their A,B,C,D class listing and crossing my fingers. As mad as that makes some of you in most cases it's the truth. Charles is not joking when he tells you about the cable, and I'm not kidding you when telling you about the other stuff, and if you let me I'm going to keep going till a few of you start to do. I don't expect miracles right up front but all you need to do is hear the difference small or big and you will know there is something here. After this you can begin chipping away at audios fiction and start rewriting the book that is way over due to be rewritten.
Guy 13, what is electricity made of? How does it form? How does it travel? What does it travel through? How does it travel through it? you are telling me you are the man that knows these answers so lets work together to share the answers and not give out anything but the truth of findings. If you do these things with me than we can come to conclusions, I guarantee you though that your findings done under the same conditions will be absolutely the same as mine and the rest of the "Tunees" that have been doing this for years.
Jerry, sorry dude I'm sure you mean well, but I don't listen with specs, I listen with my ears and so does the whole music loving community. I have employed more than my share of techs and my eye balls could care less if I ever see another chart or graph.
Mr Aqualung, my recording of this sounds excellent, maybe you and I can listen to this someday together.
C17 cool open mind
Charles, your my Audio Circle hero.
Guys, I have no reason to fool you. You have the same tools I do. You can even pretend you went in and did these things and they gave you no results. Problem is what are you going to do about all those people who are doing them with great results. I guess your calling them under my spell or not free thinking or fools too. Nope these guys are serious listeners with minds of their own.
If you keep this thread open I am going to completely debunk the fiction. Whether you try it or not is up to you, but first let me tell you something. Some of the what you would call low end or mid fi companies have already been building products base on what I'm telling you and from my ears and the proven ears of others these few products tuned are kicking the butt of most of the high end products out there.
