On May 10, 12:48 am, Robert Sink <si...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Steven Sullivan <ssu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> > does Hardesty *ever* employ blind comparisons?
>
> I don't really recall--it's been years since I read the journals and
> to be honest, and I've posted here about this before, while he speaks
> of saving one money, the stuff he recommends is ridiculous like
> $10-20k biwired Audioquest Everest cables, among other things in that
> same price range.
On the basis of that single recommendation, I think we can conclude
that Hardesty *never* employs blind comparisons.
> What helped me was just the basics of speaker placement, acoustics of
> a room, being wary of trying to equalize out a room/system, and as well
> time/phase-accurate speakers like Vandersteens, Thiels, and
> Meadowlarks (now defunct, I understand).
>
> Beyond that, I think he and Shane Buettner get a little "out there" on
> what they recommend ($30k vinyl setups, etc.) and I've taken that with
> a grain of salt, but like I say, the first two journals especially
> helped me (someone with no knowledge of how measurements are taken
> [and bastardized]) understand some key basics (or they seemed key to
> me, anyhow).
I read his newsletter for the first year, before he hiked the price to
match the products he touts. It was an odd mix of solid, practical
information and the usual high-end voodoo.
bob
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