SBGK wrote: 
> stop being a stupid audiophile, or I am going to stamp and shout and
> scream until my mummy comes home and stop posting about ideas I don't
> like, this is my forum and you will think my way.

You and other dogmatic audiophiles are damn tiresome. Whenever some of
your fellow audiophiles attempt to point out that some of the latest
hand wringing by the audio press has no basis in reality.

If you had bothered to read many of the excellent posts in this section
of the forum you would see that most of us are not saying that aren't
ways to improve the sound of digital audio but rather that these
improvements are being delayed because too many resources are being
wasted chasing dead ends.

For example, the science of digital audio clearly indicates that any two
properly functioning USB cables will sound exactly the same. If anyone
thinks that they hear a difference than there must some other reason for
hearing this difference. Being told that using a double blind test is
one way to find out if the reason for hearing the difference is being
caused by expectation bias is not throwing a fit but rather simply
trying to eliminate a possible reason. If after conducting the test the
difference is clearly identifiable then one can explore other reasons
for the difference perhaps even questioning the science BUT NOT UNTIL
the results of the DBT have been proven.

When making claims that run counter to science the audio press must get
serious about eliminating as many reasons as possible before publishing
these claims. In the words of Sherlock Holmes - eliminate the impossible
and whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.


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