Archimago wrote: > BTW: Since I'm in the Witness Protection Plan, I'm actually not going to > bother posting some of these results on the usual audiophile forums... > Rather just let the data percolate with visitors to the blog. > Nonetheless, feel free to share the link and good luck... ;-)
I really appreciate your postings here and on your blog. I have gotten to the point where I don't bother commenting on most of the audio related sites anymore. I have a difficult time trying to figure out why so many people would ignore the scientific method, specifications and measurements. In any event, it is obvious there are a lot of people who blindly follow "audiophile rules" and spend a lot of money on quackery and even more time posting about their ability to distinguish among all sorts of power cables, interconnects and a number of other things. Unfortunately most audio forums and blogs cater to this subjectivity. It doesn't take any qualifications or knowledge in the field if one can simply post subjective opinions and musings. Therefore there is no shortage of opinions and posters when it comes to telling everyone what "I hear or heard". The audio writers have done nothing to advance the field by developing a vocabulary to describe all these "sounds". I was just reading some posts the other day concerning a company whose equipment supposedly has a reputation for a "dark house sound" according to the masses. I own a preamp from that company and in all of the specifications and measurements of the preamp I have seen nothing to justify this, but I guess I'm not sophisticated enough to hear that darkness. It is interesting to note that one does not see as much subjectivity when it comes to video related gear. Yes there is some, but not to the extent of audio stuff. At least with video one may look at a "picture" and compare that to another "picture" which sort of takes care of those issues but audio equipment is an entirely different situation and boils down to "I can hear a difference with this power cable, why can't you?" Measurements, specifications and the scientific method are irrelevant and subjectivity is the linchpin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff52's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=103 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
