cliveb wrote: > Audiophiles aren't going to use ABX tests, because so-called high end > audio operates much like religions: it requires faith over and above > rational analysis. Consider a devout Christian/Muslim/Jew/etc who is > offered the chance to take a test that will prove beyond any doubt the > existence or otherwise of God. They're not going to take that test, > because it puts at risk their investment in a belief system. Audiophiles > who buy in to the snake oil ideas are in pretty much the same position. > > And of course they have a get out clause: the high priests of > audiophilia tell them that ABX tests are inherently flawed, so they have > a rational (to them) reason not to take them.
You are absolutely right about that, especially as applied to true, dyed in the wool audiophiles. I still remember the first anti-ABX comment I ever heard back in the late 1970s. The guy (a high end dealer) said: I don't believe in ABX. I said nothing because he was obviously in an irrational frame of mind. Reason does nothing at such times. Up until then I had never thought that good generally accepted science was up for a test based on what someone wanted to believe. In time I learned that this was not uncommon. I'm thinking about those who have not yet made the leap of faith to become placebophiles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107118 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
