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, moneIy 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)?
Entirely missing the point:-
People communicate for a purpose. On an audiophile website they wish to
exchange information as to how to improve the sound of their system.
When someone reports an improvement, others ask implicitly or
explicitly whether whether the reported improvement is a real one, and
whether they would be able to experience a similar improvement
themselves; or whether the improvement may only apply to particular
systems; or whether the person reporting the improvement is likely to
be mistaken or simply unreliable
If people report in exaggerated terms improvements based on things
which are unlikely to make a difference then others are entitled to
question ( or simply ignore) their findings

Whats so difficult to grasp about that? As for anger and rudeness- !


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