[GreenKeys] [Boatanchors] Lots of WECO stuff

[Gerry Block]

Roy,

 You are so right.

 The world of audio is like wine tasting.  The true aficionados do know
something others don't.  However, a wise person once said everything great
starts out as a cause, becomes a business, and ends up as a racket.  So with
audio and a lot of other things - for every person who has the knowledge
there are thousands who buy their way in and wouldn't know good from bad.

  In the meantime, if you have that Nassau Solder, now might be the time to
unload...

Gerry



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[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Roy Morgan
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 6:39 PM
To: Gerry Block
Cc: 'Jack'; Greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] [Boatanchors] Lots of WECO stuff


On May 1, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Gerry Block wrote:

> About 20 years ago I witnessed Doug Sax at the Mastering lab  
> identify the
> brand of patchcord used to patch line-level audio signals,  
> blindfolded, by
> listening test.  He was identifying brass vs nickel (or maybe it was
> silver..) plated patchcords.

Gerry,

It's a treat to witness the abilities of a true master at a craft.  I  
don't know who Doug Sax is but I assume he's a grand master of music  
recording/mixing.  As such, he'd have spent decades really LISTENING  
to the sounds and would be able to hear things that us mere mortals  
might well miss.

However, a brief story from my past:

in the 1970's I worked with a fellow who wanted to buy some new hi fi  
speakers for his home.  A buddy of mine who even then had a well  
developed ear and I took the fellow to a hi fi dealer (near Boston)  
and listened to speakers.  First we listened to a pair of Boston  
Acuostic speakers.  They sounded moderatly ok to me.  Then we listened  
to a pair of Kef 104's.  WOW!  To ME, it sounded like someone had  
removed a four inch layer of cotton curtains from between me and the  
orchestra.  By comparison, the Boston Acoustic ones were like mud.   
The difference was both clear and a huge improvement (not just subtle  
differences I might or might not prefer).

Oddly the fellow bought the Boston Acoustic mud-producers!

Roy

Roy Morgan
k1lky at earthlink.net
529 Cobb St.
Groton NY, 13073





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