georgem;156946 Wrote: > Personally I do not understand the logic that argues "the benefit of the > doubt". Shouldn't the proponent of a particular tweak have a moral (or > even legal) obligation to provide credible evidence that their product > does makes a diferrence, especially when they charge $1000 per foot? > Why is the burden of prove on buying client ? Why does the skeptic has > to prove that something does not exist, rather than believer prove that > something does exist ? > > Your analogy to religious way of thinking and audiophilia strikes me as > very likely. Hence the lack of credibility.
I agree, but what is proof? The seller says, "I can hear these are better", and he is convinced, but you can never replicate that (a requirement for a proof) as you can't use his ears. Therefore you have to use your own ears; this is where the self-doubt and delusion issues creep in. Ultimately, I am not convinced that the seller has to provide any evidence if he is not actually forcing his product upon you. The parallel with religion is good, isn't it? -- adamslim SB3 and Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29972 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
