[Gllug] Good quality audio cards

[David Damerell]

On Sunday, 20 Jun 2004, Chris Bell wrote:
>   An ex-BBC sound man who made a fortune by turning his hobby, underwater
>filming, into a profession sold his old hi-fi system to another friend, an
>OB sound supervisor. The old gear (almost new) changed hands at 5,000 UKP
>because it had just been replaced by a new system costing 50,000 UKP.
>Various cables were swapped around during a demonstration of the new kit,
>and I am told that it really did make a difference with kit of that quality,
>but probably would not be noticed with cheaper kit.

No doubt you were told that, but was it demonstrated to you in a blind
test? (Answer: no).

>   Many people would think that the sound from their TV speaker is good
>until they are able to switch between that and their hi-fi system.

I don't understand the argument here. No-one is disputing that
speakers inform sound quality; that does not mean that cables do.

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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?
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