Quote:
Originally Posted by gorman
Because... well, ok... *I* am more interested in music as an art, an expression form. If you are more interested in its technical aspects, then fine, you are more than entitled not to care about an artist's original view of his/her creation. But, come on, are you telling me that listening to Dark Side Of The Moon or The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway with gaps *is* the way an audiophile goes without looking back?
Regarding S/N, I said better than iPod. I didn't say the best overall. AFAIK, Creative products do not support gapless and do not support lossless compression. Do they have parametric EQ? You can say you don't care, but I would say that for portable use it's an important feature for an audiophile use, since not everybody will want to go with a quality portable amp.
|
Well, to me, the gapless playback doesn't take away from the artist's rendition or meaning of presentation. Besides, if it were to be a true presentation, wouldn't there be gaps where you'd have to flip over the vinyl?
And yes, I am saying gapless playback doesn't necessarily matter as much as sound to a strereotypical "audiophile".
Plus you did say "better S/N than the iPod", but then you went on about "no equals in other players".
But I do think you're contradicting yourself as far as audiophiles and what they'd prefer. It's all about sound, and better sound. And if carrying around an amp will give you better sound, that's what will happen. I'm not in the camp that an EQ'ed sound will give you better sound than one that's amped (given the quality of the amp).
None of the "self professed audiophiles" (take it for what you will
)I know feel the Karma stacks up to the others as far as pure sound. Doesn't mean it's not good or enjoyable sound or the player doesn't have other attributes that make it worth buying and using, but as far as sound, I, they, and others prefer other players.
Hell, even Headroom feels that other players sound better than the Karma. It's all highly subjective, and not as "clear cut" as I think you're trying to make it.
By the way congratulations on your purchase, fellow future UE-10 owner.