RonM wrote: > So what could be the reason why there is this assertion of the > completely impossible? Well, as they say, follow the money. Who has > the motivation to deny reality? Where does their income come from? > What do they stand to gain from their completely irrational position? > > Simple, really. > > R.
Thanks Ron for that very interesting, informative and illuminating post. One can also say "follow the margins" because the margins for many, if not most, high end audio equipment and accessories are incredible. Cables and wires costing hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars for less than fifty dollars worth of materials (I know that I'm being generous, it's often more like less than twenty dollars) or thousands of dollars for a painted metal speaker stand, again at something like a greater than 50 to 1 markup. Seems to me that with profit margins like that there is plenty of motivation to deny reality. jh901 wrote: > DACs are all the same. Despite the multitude of designs ranging from > cheap as dirt to labor intensive. Just as with power amps from the 80s > designed for low THD. They measure great and sound like crap. Must be > placebo. No one designs using full on negative feedback anymore and > amps sound great these days, but it's only in our heads. > > I challenge any of you to demo a real world hi -end system in the > comfort of my modest listening space and come back here ranting about > psycho babble. Dare ya. No one is saying that a well set up high priced audio system does not sound wonderful. What we are saying is that more often than not, a system worth $200,000 can be equaled by a system costing a fraction of that amount. Or better yet, almost any component, cable, wire or accessory in the mega-buck system can be replaced with a much less expensive piece with NO LOSS in the overall fidelity. Hint: start with the $3,000 power cord or the $500 USB cable or the $5000 speaker wire. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97489 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
