zano65;245867 Wrote: > What's the point of being an audiophile if you are not a music lover? > One might as well make electric trains or collect stamps. I consider > myself as an audiophile because i prefer to listen to the music i love > on the best system i can afford instead of the crappy record player or > radio i had in my teens (i'm 58). Audiophile has become a dirty word > for two reasons IMHO: > - first: the sillynes of certain audiophiles and high end dealers > advocating snake oil and putting ridiculous sums of money on useless > accessories. > -second: one of the many bad sides of human nature: jealousy. People > spending much more money than i do on audio must be showing off, they > can't be real music lovers. The same about work: people who work more > than me are greedy, people who work less are lazy. > best musicaudiophiles regards. > Jean
Good post. Unfortunately it also seems people's sense of what something is "worth" seems to affect their argument a lot. It would not surprise me if a $5000 cable was better than a $200 cable, but it might surprise me if I thought the improvement was "worth" it, but then I'm not Trump. The $200 cable sounds pretty good. It's like comparing the $18K Linn Klimax DS to the $2K Transporter. If it is better, is it "worth" it? I have no problem saying something is better, ignoring whether I believe it's worth it, but it seems many folks can't. -- thomsens ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40553 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
