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Re: QSC Amps - Audiophile Quality??

My methodology - wow, guess i need to put my flame suit on!

Seriously, as a fellow electrical engineer I certainly should have some sort of procedure or method to determine how accurate a piece of hi-fi gear is. Unfortunatly, measurements do not fully explain how a piece of gear sounds. I've used the SIA Smart software to compare the incoming waveform vs. the reproduced waveform, you can measure impedances and so on, but in the final analysis, it is my belief that your ears need to be the final determining factor.

So I listen to acoustic instruments, specifically guitar, to help me determine how accurate an amp is. I know what a Martin, Ovation, Gibson sounds like (I'm a guitarist - I believe you play bass, right?) and when I can listen to a piece of music and identify the instrument then I know I'm getting close. The bad news is we can only get close - I've yet to hear a system that sounds "real". (and I've listened to some really high dollar systems, in excess of $100k. They sounded fantastic, but not real) The recording process itself alters the waveform, so "real" is actually gone from the get-go. So in the end, it really is a subjective process, much to the dismay of all of us engineers who really want to be able to measure accuracy.

Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it...:+)

Al

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