Julf wrote: > I have absolutely no problem with whatever listening preferences people > have, and whatever equipment choices they make. I do have an issue with > people who try to rationalize and defend their choices with > pseudoscience and false claims. >
Nobody was making any false claims. You simply linked to an article that utterly misconstrued a survey in a way that validated your narrow worldview. Julf wrote: > > My whole point was about how the audiophile press and websites are very > quick to jump on (and feel very smug and self satisfied with) anything > that supports their narrow world view (the erroneous conclusions of the > research into audibility of "high res" formats is a good example), but > ignore anything that goes against it. I guess you missed the > meta-argument and went into "defensive ad-hominem attack" mode about the > specific example. There was nothing even remotely relevant to the -audiophile- mindset in that article. "Meta-argument?" Please. Your entire purpose here in this sub-forum is to belittle and demean anyone who doesn't think like you and your little group of sad-sack pseudo-objectivists. Normally I give your blatherings a wide berth, coming to this forum to see what's new in the wonderful world of LMS, help what little I can, and move on. I do that by perusing the unread section in Tapatalk, and I can usually spot your (I include others like Arny and Ralphy-baby in this pronoun) bleatings quite easily and thus steer clear. However this time you caught me - I love vinyl. Listened to it, and bought it for the last 35 years. I always hated the physical CD medium - the feel of the discs, their cases, the grinding sound of an opening CD player door. The small artwork. The brittle hinges on the cases. I also prefer the sound of LPs (which you'll tell us all now is far inferior to digital in 3... 2... 1...). Never was I happier than when CDs started phasing out, replaced by files. The resurgence of LPs also pleases me, as now I have a larger selection from which to choose. So I clicked, and clicked through - more fool me. So there's negative connotations to my age? To the fact that I have disposable income with which to buy LPs? That I love music? That I enjoy those rare times when my wife takes our child on an overnighter and I can crank the system for an evening? That's how you think? It's a sad little crusade you've got yourself here. You're saving the world from the big, bad audio press? Hoo, boy! You honestly think that's a worthy cause on which to hang your hat? Are you sure it's not you who's the lonely one? It sure seems like you've got nothing else to do. Like I said, it's a pathetic cause you're girl-slapping away at here. I'd wager that you've got a large portion of your self-worth tied up in convincing everyone who doesn't care that audiophiles are fools, cable manufacturers are satan incarnate, and magazine reviewers are working Machiavellian evil, so I'll let you have the last word here - I've got better things to do. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ doctor_big's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15196 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105982 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
