Quote Originally Posted by E-Stat
Does your system represent the very best that you have heard?
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I'd have to say in some ways yes, in some ways no. My system incorporates both a conventional 2 channel sound system and what can loosely be termed a surround system of my own invention. I stopped seriously shopping for audio equipment many years ago when I came to some startling conclusions among which was that the then current (and still prevalent) paradymes for high end audio systems would soon be fully exploited and had far more than reached the point of diminishing returns and approached the absolute maximum which it could deliver. Depending on what your particular goals and expectations are this may be entirely satisfactory or unsatisfactory. My current best sound system as a two channel setup can fairly accurately reproduce the musical timbre of insturments on most well made recordings most of the time. As far as I am concerned, this is the most a two channel audio system can strive for. As people who have read my opinions know, I am mostly focused on classical music which I consider the only music which is sufficiently compelling to justify the cost and effort of the best technology has to offer. But they also know that I am well aware from both my personal experience and from reading expert opinions of the worlds best acousticians such as Leo Baranek and Cyril Harris (not to mention the published measurements of Amar Bose) that acoustics of concert halls play a crucial role in what is heard at a live performance contributing 80 percent or more of the total sound yet modern technology has no way to record or resynthesize this sound. I solved the physics, mathematics, and electrical engineering aspects of this problem 30 years ago this March and incorporated all of this knowledge into a patent which ran out several years ago. The second prototype version I experimented with produced a more convincing illusion than the current one but was very complicated to operate and difficult to adjust and maintain. After 11 years of on and off use and experimentation, it was dismantled 19 year ago never to see the light of day again. The current one is less satisfactory but has only been in existance about 2 years and will undergo further development. In short, there is NO equipment anyone could conceivably offer at any price which in any way resembles what is currently offered that would satisfy me any more than what I currently own. As for cables, considering the gap between what the techonlogy can produce and what I want and expect, it's just a kind of joke.