ralphpnj wrote: > Actually Archimago is more like a hero, since he proves that there is > such a thing as an evidence based audiophile. > > What I wonder is if Archimago's blog continues to get the attention it > so richly deserves will Archimago resist the efforts to co-opt him and > turn his blog into just another worthless piece of audiophile trash > (much like what happened to head-fi and the computer audiophile). It > seems few can resist the temptation of a long term "loans" of 5 and 6 > figure audio equipment in exchange for abandoning any hint of objective > science. Hopefully Archimago will keep the faith.
Yes Archimago is not a pariah . There is hope for audiophiles something went very wrong with a perfectly acceptable hobby several decades ago , say when bizarre expensive cables became a fad . Another source of actual information can be audicritic magazine but its not very current but some issues covered are fundamentals so its still of value . If we can weed out the cargo cult stuff we can stumble trough to something better . Some people ridicule measurements , but thanks to the typical writing in say "absolute sound" they are more needed than ever , many products thatÂ’s really expensive have design flaws that we thougth we got rid of in the 1960's :( And manufacturers makes mistakes so real consumer journalism should make the painstaking efforts to actually measure even as complicated stuff as HT recievers and actually asses their performance . We are at a point where everyone could make basically correct designs . But for varius nreasons some still under performs . So Archimagos blog is very welcome . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103683
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