pablolie wrote: > 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...
Once again you make some well stated and excellent points. My issue with, what you correctly stated, are just simple "opinions" is that these "opinions" are all too often presented as FACTS. For example my all time favorite audiophile misstatement of "opinion" as fact is the all the nonsense surrounding high end USB (and other digital) cables. All properly functioning USB cables that meet or exceed specifications sound the same and this can be proven both by science and any well run double blind test. But as you said: "but when a buck can be made, someone will always be there to exploit the niche..." Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101068 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
