tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post4646050139830811734..comments2023-08-29T03:53:29.334-07:00Comments on Bones Hi - Fi: The Flat Earth IdeologyRingohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09506068154852505840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post-84582576328902625272009-08-27T05:01:04.812-07:002009-08-27T05:01:04.812-07:00In hi-fi nowadays, nobody seems to use the term fl...In hi-fi nowadays, nobody seems to use the term flat earth anymore. From my experience, turntables that gained respect from Flat Earth hi-fi advocates usually doesn't need tone controls / equalizers to sound good.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687424438262772231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post-54242419426664899732009-08-26T05:02:08.291-07:002009-08-26T05:02:08.291-07:00I think entry-level Naim systems are geared toward...I think entry-level Naim systems are geared towards pace, rhythm, and timig - typical British Sound features - at the expense of timbral accuracy as evident in THe Gathering's Great Ocean Road from their How To Measure A Planet? 2-CD album of 1998.Angel Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14855662043522135211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post-13729351357357838622009-08-25T04:58:07.735-07:002009-08-25T04:58:07.735-07:00Famed audio equipment / hi-fi reviewer Malcolm Ste...Famed audio equipment / hi-fi reviewer Malcolm Steward used to contribute to The Flat Response back in the early 1980s. Steward also contributed to Hi-Fi World and other famous British Hi-fi magazines.K8-LYNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511999158353856215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post-22632134369752669952009-08-21T08:04:24.815-07:002009-08-21T08:04:24.815-07:00Dear Ja'Nelle,
I do agree that given the ver...Dear Ja'Nelle, <br /> I do agree that given the very gorgeous guitar solo during the outro of Great Ocean Road - the didgeridoo sounding guitar - becomes lost when the drums are not timbrally reproduced properly like in entry-level Naim rigs.VaneSSahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903333054433459032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post-33468633027870287322009-08-17T04:59:04.253-07:002009-08-17T04:59:04.253-07:00Speaking of The Gathering's Great Ocean Road, ...Speaking of The Gathering's Great Ocean Road, I was also fortunate to test this track on one of my hi-fi acquaintances entry-level (but too expensive for me) all Naim rig. The entry-level Naim (Credo?) loudspeakers tend to make the drums on the Great Ocean Road sound as if they are made of polypropylene ice cream containers - as opposed to real drums. Which made me forget that this particular The Gathering track from their How To Measure A Planet? album has such a gorgeous guitar solo at the end of the song. <br />Please check out my blog at http://stereo-asylum.blogspot.comJe M'Apelle Ja'Nellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561438626896559663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post-35088343983312179102009-08-15T04:31:45.753-07:002009-08-15T04:31:45.753-07:00I do agree, somebody should set up a The Flat Resp...I do agree, somebody should set up a The Flat Response memorial website. Does it violate copyright laws to published defunct articles?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17304225137759690940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post-80009014926496556252009-07-28T03:35:14.308-07:002009-07-28T03:35:14.308-07:00Didn't Thomas Dolby say on the iconic song Fla...Didn't Thomas Dolby say on the iconic song Flat Earth that "The Earth can be any shape you want it"? Has the now-defunct hi-fi periodical called The Flat Response ever set up a "nostalgia" website for those of us too young to experience the Flat Earth hi-fi ideology first hand? <br />The Flat Earth hi-fi ideology did spurn up iconic rhythm-oriented audio set-ups during the 1980s. Like Linn, Naim, and Exposure topping the lists. <br />A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to visit a very sympathetic hi-fi dealer in Hong Kong where the shopkeeper allowed me to test my The Gathering's How to Measure a Planet? album on his almost broken in all Naim audio system. Unfortunately, I wasn't impressed by this all Naim set-up because it made The Gathering's drums sound like they were made entirely of polypropylene plastic - like the entry-level Naim Credo speaker's cone material. Especially on the track Great Ocean Road. Looks like the extent of greatness of an all Naim set up is the way it plays rhythms. They are utterly lacking in the timbral accuracy department when it comes to playing recorded musical instruments - especially animal-skin snare drums.VaneSSahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903333054433459032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post-24990548244372041132009-07-22T03:25:27.801-07:002009-07-22T03:25:27.801-07:00I have an uncle who was sold into this "Flat ...I have an uncle who was sold into this "Flat Earth" hi-fi ideology back in the 1980s. More or less I've inherited "most" of his audio gear given that he now seldom uses it after being hired as a session guitarist for an Internet-based advertising firm. <br />His primary music collection circles around Kraftwerk's "Die Mensch-Maschine" a German pressing of Kraftwerk's Man-Machine album. Magnitudes better than the vinyl versions sporting English-language cover notes. And post-punk ancients Killing Joke. Rhythmically, the system - Roksan Xerxes, Naim NAIT 3, and the original Linn Kans - is spot on, but still lacks the musical soul manifested by 1990s era single ended triode tube / valve amps with appropriate matching speaker combo. <br />P.S. Is there a "The Flat Response" hi-fi magazine fanbase that you know of?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809038510204359269noreply@blogger.com