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Howard Ferstler <ferstle@attglobal.net> said:

>> Good. Now we're getting somewhere.
>> Modifying the sound can be done by other means than just tone
>> controls.

>Sure. I use dbx dynamic range enhancers and bass
>synthesizers with SOME pop materials and also with SOME (non
>DD or DTS) movie sources. I also use DSP to synthesize
>additional channels with two-channel sources. All sorts of
>options are there.


What is better: a contraption where almost every parameter can be
(mis) adjusted by the ignorant user or a fixed correction (like the
RIAA- or NAB correction in a phono- or tape head preamp) ?


>However, you STILL want the amps to do nothing more than
>amplify. Having them color all source materials in the same
>way is, as I noted, akin to looking through the world full
>time while wearing colored sun glasses.


And I maintain my position that for a certain preferred sound from the
entire system, a fixed correction in just one link of the chain is
entirely justified.


>> As a "professional audio clown" you should know that.

>Note that I am retired.


Make that "retired professional audio clown", note.

 
>> >Applying the
>> >same colorations to all recordings (as is the case with
>> >those weird amps you build) is like looking at the world
>> >with colored glasses all the time - indoors, outdoors, rain,
>> >or shine.


You're repeating yourself.

 
>> And according to a certain Howard Ferstler this is OK.
>> It says so above:
>> [quote]
>> >If a user wants to modify the sound he
>> >should have the ability to do so as an option.
>> [/quote]
>> This option is available when using one of my amps.

>But it cannot be adjusted. And switching amps to color the
>sound that way sounds like an awkward way to achieve goals
>that should be very simple.


An amp is just a link in a long chain.
you accept the choices the recorcing and mastering engineer made, why
not accept the choice your amp designer made, especially when you like
the final result?


>Face it. You like toys, and toy playing is your primary
>goal.


I must admit to liking toys, but only when they run on > 250V. 
My primary goal is to create a reproduction of my preferred music that
pleases me. 


Tell me Howard: if you could sue those tweakos for that, you'd do so,
wouldn't you? ;-)

-- 

"Audio as a serious hobby is going down the tubes."
- Howard Ferstler, 25/4/2005