I try not to use the term "audiophool" since I don't think that most audiophiles are fools but rather just misguided. It's quite easy to become enthralled by those slick high end magazines with their elegant prose and artsy equipment photos. After all on the surface it seems that their quest for better sound is a noble one plus they are careful to appeal to both the music lover and the equipment lover. It is only when one starts to scratch below the surface that their carefully constructed facade begins to fall apart.
Sure there appears to be this entire industry filled with well meaning individuals all united in the quest of perfect sound but this too is just a front for a whole bunch of shady characters just trying to separate the well healed audiophile from lots and lots of money. Now bear in mind that not everyone involved in high end audio nor every manufacturer is in on this money grab but as equipment prices have gone into the stratosphere and entered in the world of luxury goods it becomes ever more important to question everyone's motives and their honesty. Magazines like Stereophile no longer serve the interests of their readers and only exist to serve the wants and needs of their advertisers. 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=103223 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
