Let's give it a try. Audiophile: One who is continuously searching for the reproduction of musical truth in her environment, is open-minded about what might push the envelope, and is prepared to challenge the prevailing paradigms. This may lead to some side-tracks and wasted money but can equally lead to new and important insights, and any dedicated audiophile will consider it worth it.
Enlightened Audiophile: One who has experimented in a robust manner to discover insights in audio not yet captured in the limited paradigms of electrical engineering. The unenlightened here are those that say things like 'XXX can't exist'. Substitute XXX with things like 'cable differences' 'power supply differences' 'burn in' 'superior expensive equipment' and you more or less cover half the input here. Electrical Engineering models are very useful in an incredible range of applications. But the serial ignorance often expressed here about how 'XXX can't exist' often based on EE models displays a profound ignorance of the fact that EE models are models that approximate reality. Only dullard EEs insist there is nothing beyond the prevailing paradigms. And I readily concede that only fools believe in UFOs, and some of the excesses of the audiophile market. But these forums are so stuck in derision of anything existing beyond basic EE models and rooted in 'what must be true' rather than open-minded and discovering. I am an EE myself and am very aware that the EE models are of only basic usefulness in audio. I am sure there is comfort in those closed little minds, but for anyone coming here for new insights these forums are barren. Any poster indicating a new possibility is jumped on by ten of you nay-sayers who unscientifically insist that all that is knowable is known, by you, and the dumped on poster goes away. You guys are all welcome to your opinions, but this place is dominated by your nay-sayer fascism. Let a few others' opinions be heard without your derision so we can have a more enlightened place for audiophiles to be encouraged to join the Slim community. -- Antipodes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Antipodes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33547 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
