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In Reply to: Re: one more question... posted by mikel on July 25, 2002 at 18:02:53:
Mikel,
The theory you describe ("less is more" or let's throw the pre-amp out with the baby and the bathwater) has been around for quite a while and it makes good conceptual sense. But as I see it, each and every component, wire, power cord, speaker etc. in a system either adds or subtracts something to the sound. The sum of all these additions and subtractions is what we perceive in the end as music. Most people strive for "the absolute sound" i.e. what is closest to the real thing. I would say my bias is toward what sounds natural but also, to my ears, beautiful. I have heard some aweful sounding live concerts. But back to the point. If you take away a component from the chain (i.e. a pre-amp) you remove whatever sonic signature (additions or subtractions) from your system that this might have...this we agree on. But whether this has a salutary effect on the end resulting sound is debatable. For example if an entire system is "voiced" to it's best including all components in the chain (including pre-amp), removing this may well leave the sound of the upstream components unbalanced and less sonically desireable. Also, this theory of less is more assumes that whatever is upstream of the pre-amp is closer to the holy grail of sound and that it cannot be improved upon. As we both know, lot's of downstream things can improve the upstream sound (e.g. Opus speaker cables). The main thrust of my missive is that I did not like the Placette in my system. I thought the sound while gaining something, also lost something (and the latter was more important to me than the former). But given that it was only a brief listen, with unfamiliar cables, I will have another go at it with "open ears".
Cheers,
Bud
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- An afterthought...... - Bud 07/26/0208:06:48 07/26/02 (0)
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