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)?
MCR: I do believe that you are partly right and partly wrong. I'll try to explain. You are completely right in stating that is your money and that you have every right to spend it as you please. No argument there. And you are completely in your comparison of wine aficionados to audiophiles. And you are right when you are talking about upgrades or tweaks which involved changes to the analog side of one's audio set up. I have some very nice interconnects, speaker cable and power cables installed on my various stereos and while I may not attribute the same degree of importance to these wires as some others do, I do at least acknowledge that good quality cabling can improve the sound of one's audio system. I think where you run into some serious issues with many of the members of this forum is when you begin to talk about upgrades, tweaks and improvements of the digital side of one's audio set up. You know things likes "wav sounds better than flac" or "ethernet sounds better than wi-fi". You do not seem to be alone when it comes to these kinds of beliefs since most audiophiles have been programmed to believe in certain kinds of improvements brought about by certain kinds of actions, e.g. more expensive cable means better sound (to a degree). Unfortunately what may be true in the analog domain may not be true in the digital domain, e.g. a $2 usb cable will and does work just as good as a $500 usb cable. Please understand that it is not that many of us are out to get you but rather that we would like to see discussions of ways to improve the sound of one's audio system focus on areas where improvements can be made and not on areas which have no direct bearing on the sound of the system. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92918 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
