ralphpnj wrote: > ... > > What if the "people" are just ordinary people, such as friends or > relatives, but paid reviewers of audio equipment spouting off something > that runs completely counter to proven scientific facts? And the sole > purpose of their writing is to instill FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) > in the mind of the reader? > Well then I take issue with that writer's motives and call BS on their > "observations". >
Writers are no different than people. They *always* have an opinion, it's only in the best case when they make an honest effort to dig up facts reflecting both sides, and proceed to explain how they form their opinion. They may be utterly ignorant or biased on the issue they write about. I come to the conclusion every time I read some of the articles in the "Opinion" section of the WSJ. :-) Especially in this age where everybody and their senile dog can publish & blog, we all know that just because someone wrote something doesn't make them an expert we should automatically respect. I don't think many of my friends would go plop down $6k on cables because they read how great they sound in some obscure online publication. As far as HD music goes, I think we all know that it's all about Nyquist. The higher the sampling rate, the higher the frequency range that can be recovered. Mathematically indisputable. So HD Music *is* better, if by better we define more accurate. Just because our hearing cuts it off doesn't mean there aren't frequencies outside the 20-20k range (once when we were new borns :-D). The first question is, and will always be... given the limits of our hearing, does it matter? And the second one, which this topic raised, isn't even a question, but a fact: if the original isn't HD, for heaven's sake, don't upsample it and try to sell it as an HD track... but when a buck can be made, someone will always be there to exploit the niche... ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.3 on VMware Player System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- Creek Destiny Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- KEF LS50 Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> MusicalFidelity M1PWR -> Totem DreamCatcher ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101068 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
