Julf wrote: > Yes - the next thing he will be claiming is that you get a "clearer" and > "shinier" sound by using USB cables with silver instead of copper wires. > A lot of old-school audiophiles don't understand digital technology, but > still apply their analog-age beliefs to digital. > > > > I still hurt from the bad beating I got on Computer Audiophool when I > tried to explain that, even using waveform plots...
:) And this used to be a nice hobby and past time , something really bad happened a couple of decades ago . Most things that people read about audio these days comes from these kinds of cult sources , so it is a good idea to piont out whenever this happens and at least try to separate the issue from the person ( they migth not know better ) but that is hard . What did you call them " confused audiophool" instead of computer audiophile :) it is hard to not ridicule . But they are not open to real arguments as any pseudoscience like homeopathy etc . If they do some simple blind tests and listen to sane arguments they would understand that they are indeed wrong on most occasions ,but no do they . All kinds of audiophile arguments follow the same lines as any pseudoscience like " there are things that you can't measure " and " it is not possible to understand everything " and " I just know that it is working but cant explain why " blatantly ignorant about that it was debunked properly decades ago... So today the audio hobby is a pseudoscience just like alternative medicine . A proof of that is the absolute sounds effort to spread the myth that blind testing does not work ! this is typical of pseudosciences that any kind of proper testing would ruin the result , the spirits won't come if you try to photograph them etc :) Kudos to such person as the late Peter Walker of QUAD , that in the ELS63 manual states that no special speakers cables are needed . Now most speaker brands cowardly provides biwire terminals even thou they know better, to not offend their costumer base and thier silly cabling practices . As I have pointed out in these forums before I once did belong to the cult faction to some degree , The tipping piont was probably cable lifters and very expensive power cords , then I saw that emperor was indeed very naked . Why not some mpingo discs or some of Peter belts products :) anyone want some green rings to have on the edge of thier CD's still got some around ( I thrown away most of them ). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69882 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
