drmatt wrote: > Sarcasm? Always a good way to stave off an impending flame war. ;) > I would like to see people allowed to experiment for themselves without > being flamed to death around here. >
I apologize for the representatives of the DBT thought police that I have stationed near your house to make sure that you don't try to do any proper experiments. They are obviously acting in a too heavy handed way if you can detect them.;-) The problem with the experimentation that has been suggested here lately is that it is not good useful experimentation that sheds helpful light on the issue at hand, but rather merely muddling and playing with audio gear and gaining self-gratification from turning the fancy knobs. Effectively understanding the details of this problem, usually requires university-level study of the history and experimental designs of Science, particularly audio, or OJT training, or a mix of the two, usually under the supervision of recognized academic authorities who are frequently PhD's. It's serious stuff. One does not get this kind of understanding by harvesting buzzwords and myths from journalists and rank amateurs who masquerade pn the web as audio authorities. > > And I am still waiting for an answer on what you guys wants to see from > the HiFi world, since most of what I see here is negative. Just a little memory jog for the hopelessly deceived - there is such a thing as audio without the trappings, myths, taboos, and totems of audio's golden ears. Unfortunately there is no known way to accurately discuss what these charlatans do without sounding negative. One problem is that so many resources and so much money is wasted on fantasy audio, that it hinders the development of the good stuff. So the answer to the question of "What do you want to see" has several dimensions. One answer is that since it is possible to assemble a really great sounding audio system without spending a dime on high end trash, simply do so. Hint: you won't get there if you get sidetracked into taste-testing DACs with sighted, non-evel matched, non-time synched listening evaluations. Another answer is that it would be refreshing to see even just new lies and flase claims from Audio's high end. The list of audio myths and other false claims that has been imported onto this forum lately is the same-old, same-old, some of it more than two decades old. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105572 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
