As far as I can see, much of audiophilia and the "high end" stopped being about sound and became primarily concerned with status and snobbery at some point in the last 10 years. The descent of the audio "press" into techno porn shilling outrageously over-priced gewgaws and mystical claptrap to is a pretty well-discussed concomitant occurrence. This was always around, but judging from the shops in my area, it's gotten a lot worse.
As far as the angry responses to this poster, I have this to say: at this point, most people have only the choice between best buy type shops and a high end shops. Since best buy really only does sell poor sounding garbage, I'm not sure what other option someone new to the hobby has other than to try a "high end" shop. Frankly, the claim that audiophilia and the "high end" as epitomized by the shops in question is really about sound and perfectionism in any real sense only deserves a derisive snort as a reply. -- totoro squeezebox 3 -> mccormack dna .5 -> audio physic tempo 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ totoro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32232 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
