SBGK wrote: > and if the market is always right then the abx objectivists are > increasingly like the loon shouting the world is going to end while the > likes of jplay, regen, cable manufacturers etc walk away with the > spoils.
Let's not conflate commercial realities with technical truths. If you go to the drugstore, what percentage of whats on the shelves are unique effective medical tools, what percentage are things that work or kinda work but are reasonably safe and are repackaged 7,600 (more or less) different ways as cures for 7,600 different things, and what percentage are placebos? Even in a context of over a century of legal regulation, there are plenty of placebos and also quite a few examples of about 8 different chemicals (aspirin, Acetaminophen, calcium carbonate, capsaicin, Milk of Magnesia, etc.) repackaged literally thousands of different ways as if they were unique solutions for common human ailments. In the case of audio, there has never been any effective government regulation, the products have only been around a maximum of about half as long, and there are plenty of examples of effective tools, things that are semi-effective but repackaged many different ways, and out-and-out placebos. Why should I be surprised? One of the more educational experience of my life has been the last 2 years that I have been going to Estate Sales. This is a legal way to freely and intrusively peruse other people's lifestyles in excruciating detail. So lets see, I go to about 10 estate sales a week and I've been doing this weekly for about 2 years. That's about 1,000 different homes in upscale communities that I've examined. I've found about 4 instances of high end audio cables or .4% market penetration. The point is don't make the mistake of overestimating the market penetration of high end audio cables. In the cosmic scheme of things, it is a nit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103842 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
