Having visited AVS forums on several occasions, but never lingering for too long (knowing that would cause me never to buy another tv again), I noticed videophiles tend to be very different from audiophiles. Videophiles seem to obsess about measurements, while audiophiles seem to shun them. I hypothesize that this is simply due to the fact that video is easier to measure and calibrate - heck I can calibrate my tv with a $30 DVD any time I want. Audio is much more difficult. With video, you can readily see issues that come up - pixelization, rainbows, banding, digital artifacts, staircase, the list goes on. At the same time, even though many of us can obviously see the differences between monitors (with our own eyes) - I would argue much more obvious differences than we can hear with our audio systems - paying thousands extra for slightly sharper picture, albeit noticeably sharper, isn't usually worth it. I guess it's because with video you can really know what you're getting with that money. With audio and audiophiles, everything seems so much more subtle and unknown (and unmeasurable). How many threads have we had about jitter - debating whether it's even audible? I sometimes wonder if audio measurements and observations were as obvious as with video, would there be as many audiophiles? Who knows? Maybe there would be more because people could point to actual differences (and pay for them, too). For myself, I think I would probably have the opposite reaction. If I can judge the differences clearly - like I do with video - then I know what I'm willing to pay for. Would I pay $3000 for a Sony LCD, when the $1000 LCD at Costco is pretty much the same - heck no. How many audiophiles routinely *do* pay thousands more for components that seem pretty much the same to most people? Would they *still* pay thousands more if there were rigorous standard measurements that told them the more expensive component was only marginally better? At least with video, one typically knows what one is paying for.
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