[Scott[_6_]]

On Jan 30, 6:56=A0pm, "Arny Krueger" wrote:
"Scott" wrote in message







On Jan 29, 10:26=3DA0am, ScottW
wrote:
On Jan 29, 8:18=3D3DA0am, Scott wrote:

On Jan 28, 2:37=3D3D3DA0pm, ScottW
wrote:

On Jan 28, 9:07=3D3D3D3DA0am, Scott
wrote:

In the real world of audio my
Forsell/Koetsu/ARC/Soundlabs with my collection of
LPs walks away from your Sansa Clip+ and
Altec-Lansin=3D g IEMs If one is looking for an
illusion of live music in their playback.

=3D3D3DA0Only in placement of the image to be in front
of you

No, not only imaging.

which you
obviously require for the illusion to be complete.

Absolutely.

=3D3D3DA0Many people can be quite satisfied with the
illusion headphone=3D s (o=3D3D r IEMs) can create.

Sure, so what?

=3D3D3DA0Not too mention that they are typically more
revealing with better FR, imaging resolution, and
noise level than speakers.

=3D3DA0"Imaging resolution?"

=3DA0Ability to pinpoin an instrument in the sound stage
(which typically spans your head). =3DA0Some would say
that is a small stage but the clarity is akin to a
magnifying glass allowing that space to contain so much
information that differentiates location and depth.

OK thanks for clarifying. Whether or not earbuds have
greater clarity as you have defined it, the aural
presentation is so far removed from any illusion of an
original soundstage one gets from live acoustic music
that it is a deal breaker if that aural illusion is what
one is persuing.

Scott, it's quite clear that you use loudspeaker reproduction as your
absolute standard. I seriously doubt that you listen to as much live musi=
c
as I do- for example during the weeks that I'm recording festivals, I lis=
ten
to up 24 hours or more live music in a single week. Furthermore, when I
listen to the recordings that I make, I am listening to recordings where =
I
had the opportunity to listen to the very same live performance that is o=
n
the recording. I serious doubt that you =A0have this level of familiarity=
with
live music and the live performances that are on the recordings that you
listen to.-


I listen to live music almost on a weekly basis. My most frequent
haunting ground would be Disney Hall which is claimed by many experts
to be the finest concert hall in the world acoustically. I have the
privilidge of listening to world class musicians there and in many
other venues around the world. I know what world class live acoustic
music sounds like.

I have also listened to a wide variety of music on my i-touch using my
Grado SR 80s. I have listened to a number of alleged contenders for
best ear bud using well mastered rips of excellent music.

There is no mistaking one for the other. They are miles apart.

My system with my best sounding LPs actually does come remarkably
close to the same quality of sound I have the pleasure of hearing in
Disney Hall and some of the other great concert halls of the world.
But my standard is what I have heard in those halls not my speakers. I
have asserted this as my standard on any number of these threads.
There is no reason for you to speculate.