Archimago wrote: > Of course the fight against all forms of false advertising, > miseducation, and intellectual dishonesty is for all "audiophiles"! That > SONY has the -balls -to advertise the 64GB SD card for "Premium Sound" > is a reflection of how companies are truly aware of the ridiculousness > of the audiophile sector. Why not SD cards for "Noise free RAW images!", > "Premium Hi-Def video recording!", or "Unparalleled Home Theatre > Experience!"? > > At the Christmas party where the computer enthusiasts, videophiles, > audiophiles, HT geeks, etc. are all invited, the current crowd of > "audiophiles" that inhabit the mainstream press seem to represent the > ignorant, pompous uncle with more cash than brains. The one who everyone > knows was taken in by a Nigerian scam and remains in denial - perhaps > even ready to shell out more for the next round of promises. Of course > this seems to be the caricature I evoke in my mind of these guys in the > press... Perhaps some of these writers are more simple than that and a > -prostitution -analogy would be more appropriate. Who knows. > > In any case. I do hope that in my (our) lifetime, the term "audiophile" > can be respectable and evoke an image of the guy who values quality, is > astute enough to "call a spade a spade" because he has learned and > experienced enough to understand how things work, and can be honest > about sound rather than confuse sound quality with irrational exuberance > and mystified by lavish luxury. (I have nothing against expensive > designs, let's just not confuse esthetics with function.) > > This won't be an easy task because some parts of the industry and > certain manufacturers IMO have built business models that would collapse > so it will indeed be a fight.
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