camverton
pfm Member
@Fourlegs has visited me with some his front end. I would describe myself as sceptical but reasonably open minded. I found the differences relatively subtle but sure enough the digital glare was there and masking detail, particularly for me, on detail in cymbals and violin. The difference on a track involving brushwork on cymbals was beyond the possible effects of my imagination and clear and repeatable. Before anyone asks, Nick was out of my vision while comparing and just let me get on with it.
If I had been adamant that there was no glare in my system I have little doubt that I wouldn’t have been able to hear it, there being none so deaf as me if I don’t want to hear!
Of my various speakers we used the pair with the best top end as in the ones that reproduce violins most cleanly and without the harshness that most of my speakers slightly pollute the wonderful but tricky instrument with. I suspect, but may be wrong, that the speaker may have an effect on whether glare is audible in that the harshness from the speaker would cover or disguise the effect of glare. I’m not talking massive speaker problems here and am referring to decent speakers by Meridian, Martin Logan and Kef LS50.
My conclusions, fwiw and with my ears and equipment, the experiment revealed a “glare” that was subtle but having a deleterious effect on the music, albeit one I had quite happily lived with and could possibly live with in the future if required - I think. The improvement on some tracks was beyond “I think it might sound a bit better” and improved the intelligibility of how a musician played, most clearly demonstrated by reverting to the system as was.
If I had been adamant that there was no glare in my system I have little doubt that I wouldn’t have been able to hear it, there being none so deaf as me if I don’t want to hear!
Of my various speakers we used the pair with the best top end as in the ones that reproduce violins most cleanly and without the harshness that most of my speakers slightly pollute the wonderful but tricky instrument with. I suspect, but may be wrong, that the speaker may have an effect on whether glare is audible in that the harshness from the speaker would cover or disguise the effect of glare. I’m not talking massive speaker problems here and am referring to decent speakers by Meridian, Martin Logan and Kef LS50.
My conclusions, fwiw and with my ears and equipment, the experiment revealed a “glare” that was subtle but having a deleterious effect on the music, albeit one I had quite happily lived with and could possibly live with in the future if required - I think. The improvement on some tracks was beyond “I think it might sound a bit better” and improved the intelligibility of how a musician played, most clearly demonstrated by reverting to the system as was.
