Julf wrote: > But then there is this: 'Why the Flat Earth Movement is the Best Symbol > of the Increasingly Diminished Value of Truth and Intelligence' > (http://news.nationalpost.com/life/why-the-flat-earth-movement-is-the-best-symbol-of-the-increasingly-diminished-value-of-truth-and-intelligence) > > "Its the same quick-fix attitude thats besieging our political > landscape: information that doesnt accord with your carefully manicured > world-view is fake news, opinions that dont cohere with your own are > offensive, everything you dislike or that frightens you can be wedged > between scare quotes and rejected out of hand. Never mind the > expertise of professionals and elites. You still matter. You know > everything you need to know." > > For many audiophilia is a way to escape from a modern world full of > knowledge, science, technology and expertise into a simpler, gentler > word where you count simply for having been around long enough to read > enough audiophile magazines and but the right boxes. But because you are > Special, with better ears than the ears of all those know-it-all > engineer types, your Truth trumps (pun intended) all their formulas. > > Unfortunately proving them wrong just strengthens their resolve.
.. and buy the rigth boxes too ,the ones cherished in the magazines :) then your in and experienced and matters . Yes a culture/cult around exclusive audio gear ? Dont get me wrong i do love and cherish audio gear too its fun , besides the sound i love the design and brands behind some of the stuff and the history of hifi . At the same time i realise that my phone these days are better than my first standalone DAC from the 2000's , thats just how it works . If it only could be like the old car hobby , not many in that hobby pretends that they are "better" but loves the style and feeling of these old cars . The tube hobbyist on the other hand have dreamed up some insane stuff to pretend that tube gear is "better" ? If they could just like the sound of it and accept that its cloured and distorted and actually not whats been feed to the input and be happy anyway ? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107343
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