Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul - That is extremely well said. I happen to have been one of those Hi-Fi nuts that spent a lot of money for MacIntosh & Marantz & even a $2000 Klipschorn speaker system. This was in the days when we nuts wanted the purity of music rather than the present "boom box noise". Today, my old ears can't hear much above 10K & sounds below 50cycles upset my pacemaker and I really am not striving to get photos of every pimple on your nose; so 98.6% distortion free suits me fine and spending over $2000 for a lens is fine if you are either a professional or just filthy rich, but for the advanced amateur - A Maserati is faster than a Ugo but wont make you into a better driver. ******************Marvin******************* =================================================== In a message dated 97-10-18 05:32:18 EDT, you write: << Gerard, It's tempting to make comparisons with audio equipment design. Especially during the "monster amp" days of the 1970s, a lot of companies made equipment whose main design goal was to test well. The component with the lowest distortion figures isn't necessarily the one that reproduces music the best, but if you make your decision based only on the test report charts, this is the one you will buy. It's been a long time since I have paid attention to the audiophile world, but if I remember, you can't hear some kinds of distortion when levels are below about 2 percent. Manufacturers were fighting over levels in the 0.005 range. Very low distorition figures became a fetish with people who were into the tech end of the hobby. >>