magiccarpetride;684454 Wrote: > I agree. I am an audio aficionado, meaning I enjoy good, pleasant sound. > Toward that end I'm constantly upgrading and tweaking my audio system, > because I truly enjoy the changes these upgrades are bringing me. > > Where things become illogical is when I read how many people spring > into action and organize impromptu witch hunts the moment someone logs > in here to report some improvements to the sound. For example, if I > upgrade my speaker cables, or my mains power conditioner, and report > back how I truly enjoy the changes it made to my system, I invariably > get a lot of angry replies, sometimes even right down hostile, with > some people foaming at their mouths and claiming how I'm a troll or a > moron etc. > > Why such hatred? Where is that coming from? I could understand the > hatred if, by me purchasing some audio accessory, I'd rob some member > here of their hard earned cash. But that's not the case -- I'm paying > everything with my own money. > > Consider wine aficionados, for a contrast -- if I'm into enjoying a > good bottle of wine, and I'm discussing various brands and years etc., > no one is going to start threatening me if I report back how I went and > bought a $500.00 bottle and how it was, to me, money well spent. > > So why are people getting so riled and upset if I do the same on the > audio font (i.e. I spend $500.00 on upgrading my mains conditioner)?
No one cares how any of us spend our own money or whether we get enjoyment from tweaking. That has never been the point. It is typically more similar to a situation where a wine lover suggests that his new $500 bottle of wine tastes better because the (1) the Earth is flat and (2) the grapes are grown at the outermost edge of the flat earth. Another poster says, "wait a minute, the Earth is not flat, and that's a scientific fact." OP says, "well that's your opinion and how dare you even raise that issue. It's unfair. or stupid, or none of your business." Most of the counter comments to tweaks made here are of that nature (i.e., assertions that no, the Earth is NOT flat and it is not subject to debate). But I agree with the earlier comment that this is a religious war and they can't be won, at least not in an internet debate.... -- garym *Location 1:* VB Appliance 6TB (1.10) > LMS 7.7.1 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VB Appliance 3TB (2.0) > LMS 7.7.1 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.7.1 > SqueezePlay Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver Controllers: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.7 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92918 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
