ModWright Transporter experience: truth vs. beauty?

[tomjtx]

Sand amps have their colorations too! Every amp that I've owned had it's own flavor. Actually, you can just change a cap or two in most good amps and there will probably be a slightly different sound quality. If sand amps don't color the sound they should all sound the same, eh?

-Roy

BTW how can you judge the Modwright TP if you've never auditioned one and performed a supervised blind A/B?

Hi Raj, long time no see :-)
Exactly. I don't have an opinion on the MW TP as to whether or not it sounds as good as the TP.

Modwright put out good product so I suspect it is possible they didn't make it worse spec wise.

I suspect, since it has tubes, it sounds different.


For me to establish a preference I would have to ab them sighted and blind .

Most the MW TP owners have not made a direct comparo and I do take issue with their claims of sonic superiority.
Preference is another matter and is subjective.

[tomjtx]

He is a pure breed stock Transporter fundamentalist, i have seen his posts on other forums also , no point in arguing with fundamentalists.

Sorry harmonic, wrong again. I am an agnostic :-)

Don't believe it till I hear it.

Unless you pay me enough money to change my mind............no.wait..............that's a reviewer :-)

[xand1x]

Sorry harmonic, wrong again. I am an agnostic :-)

Don't believe it till I hear it.

Unless you pay me enough money to change my mind............no.wait..............that's a reviewer :-)

x2. Srajan's review would have been more credible if he compared it to a stock transporter in all fairness. I highly doubt financial constraint was a limiting factor either =\

[rajacat]

Hi Raj, long time no see :-)
Exactly. I don't have an opinion on the MW TP as to whether or not it sounds as good as the TP.

Modwright put out good product so I suspect it is possible they didn't make it worse spec wise.

I suspect, since it has tubes, it sounds different.


For me to establish a preference I would have to ab them sighted and blind .

Most the MW TP owners have not made a direct comparo and I do take issue with their claims of sonic superiority.
Preference is another matter and is subjective.

Yes, but ted b had his TP modded and he has had listening time with a stock unit. From his posts he seems to be a well seasoned audiophile with a realistic attitude towards sound quality so I respect his opinion more than yours because he has had time with a stock and modded TP. To claim that the stock unit can't be improved in any way is a little too idealistic IMO. I think that most stock audio gear can be changed, for better or worse, just like a stock car can be modified for better performance. Perhaps you should open your mind and not be so dogmatic.

-Roy

-Roy

[Phil Leigh]

Yes, but ted b had his TP modded and he has had listening time with a stock unit. From his posts he seems to be a well seasoned audiophile with a realistic attitude towards sound quality so I respect his opinion more than yours because he has had time with a stock and modded TP. To claim that the stock unit can't be improved in any way is a little too idealistic IMO. I think that most stock audio gear can be changed, for better or worse, just like a stock car can be modified for better performance. Perhaps you should open your mind and not be so dogmatic.

-Roy

-Roy

You clearly can't distinguish "improved" from "different"...
What is the problem here? Sticking some valves across the o/p is going to make it sound different for sure...and some people will prefer that sound which is fine. But it is not "better" in any absolute sense - just different.

[rajacat]

You clearly can't distinguish "improved" from "different"...
What is the problem here? Sticking some valves across the o/p is going to make it sound different for sure...and some people will prefer that sound which is fine. But it is not "better" in any absolute sense - just different.

It's hard to speak in absolutes since we all react differently to sound by virtue of our unique hearing tools i.e shape of ear canals etc., etc. So really there is nothing to argue about! ha, ha Maybe you could argue if change can be affected through the addition of tubes, different caps, magic rocks, hunks of aged bronze, dinosaur bones or whatever.......

[rajacat]

x2. Srajan's review would have been more credible if he compared it to a stock transporter in all fairness. I highly doubt financial constraint was a limiting factor either =\

I agree. Srajan should have had a stock TP on hand as a reference.

-Roy

[tomjtx]

Yes, but ted b had his TP modded and he has had listening time with a stock unit. From his posts he seems to be a well seasoned audiophile with a realistic attitude towards sound quality so I respect his opinion more than yours because he has had time with a stock and modded TP. To claim that the stock unit can't be improved in any way is a little too idealistic IMO. I think that most stock audio gear can be changed, for better or worse, just like a stock car can be modified for better performance. Perhaps you should open your mind and not be so dogmatic.

-Roy

-Roy

You respect ted B's opinion more than mine? I shall smite you from here to the ends of the earth! :-)

I agree with you re ted.
The problem is that I don't think he did a direct comparo between the two.

Aural memory is very fleeting and unless you can do a realtime comparo the results are suspect. I include myself in that as well. I don't think ted did a direct comparo but I hope he will correct me if I am wrong.

Regardless, "better" is a subjective evaluation and , as such, I don't concern myself with other's subjective valuations. They are ultimately irrelevant. One needs to please one's ears only in the final analysis.

[haunyack]

... comparo between the two.
...do a realtime comparo...
...ted did a direct comparo...

comparo.
Jeez, I just cannot...hmm
'spose we'll see that term in the Oxford soon?

http://www.comparo.co.uk/ _?

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[tomjtx]

comparo.
Jeez, I just cannot...hmm
'spose we'll see that term in the Oxford soon?

http://www.comparo.co.uk/ _?

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LOL..........I apologize for mangling the Queen's english in the service of internet expediency.