Opaqueice, > Still, I wouldn't be too surprised if something happens with cables here in > the States considering the prevalence of expensive cables at just about all > the major electronics retailers.
The cables are not defective and normal cables are available at normal prices if people prefer to buy them. Where is the problem? > I vaguely recall that something like that happened with amplifiers in the 70s, > which is why they now all report THD+N figures etc. Yes there was a move in the 70s towards the state enforcing more meaningful technical specifications on behalf of the public particularly in countries like Germany. Only a few months ago I found some correspondence from this era inside the sleeve of an LP test record discussing a proposed standard for record players. And then the industry went audiophile... > Audiophiles are audio hobbyists. Yes but audio hobbyists are not necessarily audiophiles. Audiophile is an ambiguous word and I was using it in the manner of a non-audiophile to refer to those that hold audiophile beliefs. Although a positive word to audiophiles (it is a word they use to describe themselves) and widely used as such in marketing, to others it would be a mildly derogatory term because of the scientifically invalid beliefs. Audio enthusiasts that held a scientific view rather than an audiophile view would not be called audiophiles. But I am aware that others, particularly the young, can use the word audiophile to mean all audio enthusiasts. It is ambiguous but I had assumed (incorrectly) that my use was clear from the context. -- honestguv ------------------------------------------------------------------------ honestguv's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45323 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
