georgem;156946 Wrote: > 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?
Buyer beware is always preferable to regulation. Slimdevices, modwright, hypex other small businesses making products we adore could not begin if regulation was in place. Regulation does not assure that the buyer is protected. Example: Doctors are regulated, yet malpractice injures millioins of people every year and they get away with it. Pharmaceutical companies suppress old, cheap and simple drugs which work well in order to make room in the market for their new patent meds which don't work as well as old drugs and are far more expensive. In that case the regulators are the mechanism by which the consumers are hoodwinked! An educated consumer is the best regulator, because he will protect himself. A loudmouthed educated consumer (there's always one...) will warn others willing to listen. Those who are unwilling to listen or just don't care will get screwed, unfortunately, just as nature intended. Companies whose mission statement reads, "There's a sucker born every minute." will not survive the internet. I think the religious analogy is a good one! Like any hobby, people find joy in learning about audio. How they learn and the results they acheive determines whether it is a mundane religious or truly spiritual experience. Living by Sam Tellig or trying to make the "perfect system" with the best brands is audio as religion. You are doing what you believe to be generally accepted as true and you want to fit in and be accepted by your audio friends more than you want to hear God in the music. You won't even consider another way, because this is "the best." The more it costs, the better. Keeping an open mind, learning by trial and error, proving it before you buy it, being willing to change if you really hear a difference, reading about electronics, acoustics, music psyche, trying DIY, scouring the forums for an answer is a spiritual quest that gives joy every day instead of only on judgement day when your system is compared to all others and points are awarded. Happy TG! Rich -- richidoo More Prokofiev... please? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ richidoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29972 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
