Motor generator-audiofools

On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 7:20 PM ben via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: I do not consider that to be audiophoolery. The charateristics of a particular electrostatic speaker are measurable. They are also different in some respects to those of a moving coil cone speaker, no matter what cabinet it is used in (which of course makes a big difference). They will sound different to a movng coil speaker system, and if you prefer that sound then that's what you should listen to. Far too many people forget that the real purpose of your audio system is not to be technically perfect but to reproduce sounds that you enjoy listening to. It is to give pleasure. There is something of an interest in the UK (at least) in the cheap 1960s record players of the 'Dansette' type. Techically they are terrible. A cheap autochanger, a cystal or ceramic cartridge, a simple amplfier based round either an outpur pentode (1 stage) or if you are lucky a triode-pentode (2 stages) and a single small-ish speaker in a cabinet with no acoustical merit whatsoever. BUT... it's nostalgia. People remember listening to such players back in the day, perhaps dancing with a person they later married. Remembering that gives pleasure. Which as I said is the real reason for such a device n the first place. To me audiophoolery is things that can't be measured and can't make a difference to the sound (or if they do, then something is serously wrong with the design). Like special mains cables, when there are several hundred metres (at least) between the final substation transformer and the wall socket outlet. And if the amplifier is so sensitive to small fluctuations of the mains input then the PSU of said amplifier needs to be redesigned properly. -tony