Archimago wrote: > Let's try to change that Ralph! Promote another "option", "path", > "school" to follow in the public Forums and Marketplaces... > > Men (usually) of distinction willing to submit to reason, objectivity, > and scientific techniques like ABX and blind testing to adjudicate > hardware fidelity. Able to use intellect to debate without spite. Able > to acknowledge opinion from fact. Willing to call out falsehoods in the > media and from Industry claims. Yet acknowledge the subjectivity of > esthetics whether it be in the music we enjoy, the creature comforts of > the hardware, the appearance of milled fasciae, and all sorts of other > "non-utilitarian" functions of the sound system in our homes and in our > possession because we can accept ultimately the joy of satisfaction in > whichever way this hobby achieves for each individual. > > This "path" has always been there all along of course despite the > "mainstream" subjective-based ridicule, ignorance, and heavy-handed > "banning" of such viewpoints. Times are changing for better or worse > (probably both). And I think in audiophileland, the "rational > audiophile" can significantly impact the hobby for the good. The > Internet is the tool for affecting the masses. > > I believe the path of the "subjectivist audiophile" is weak, ignorant, > and clearly rests on an unstable foundation based on nothing but -faith- > in false or grossly intellectually compromised idols and idiosyncratic > "high priests". > > That's my rallying cry for the "rational audiophile". > > :-)
Nice missive however you seem to have forgotten that the anti-science political party here in the US now has complete control of the government and by extension the mood of the country and the people. So basically science is now like religion and one has the option of choosing whether or not to believe in science. Even worse is that one can even choose to believe in certain parts of science while rejecting other parts. So for audiophiles this means one can believe in measurements when it comes to bit depth and sample rates (as in digital audio) but not when to comes to harmonic distortion (as in tubes versus solid state). Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: LMS 7.9 on dedicated windows 10 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107118 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
