cliveb wrote: > Nice of you to ignore everything else I said (for which you presumably > have no answer). > > You're right, I've not heard MQA. I have no need to. > > Look: the world is full of basic understanding about all manner of > things, backed up by plenty of empirical evidence. And there are > crackpots in every sphere who would like to challenge the standard > model. When dismissed, they always resort to the same line: "but how can > you know if you haven't tried it?". Well, life is just too short to give > every crackpot idea the time of day (*). The more at odds it is with the > standard model, the less inclined we are to waste our time testing it. > > And high-end audio is absolutely chock-full of crackpot ideas so at odds > with what we are very sure to be true that they really don't deserve > even the slightest iota of our attention. > > Here's an extreme example to illustrate the point: > ME: your pickup cartridge would sound so much better with my > revolutionary nylon stylus mounted on a cantilever lovingly crafted from > cold pasta. > YOU: don't be daft > ME: how can you say that without trying it? > YOU: you're mad > > Some of us apply the same reasoning when presented with the latest > nonsense from the hires-peddling crowd. > > So yes, I am closed-minded to many things that can't conceivably be > true. (Who was it said that you need to be careful keeping an open mind, > else your brains might fall out?) > > (*) I'm not saying that Bob Stuart is a crackpot. Meridian have done > some fine things in the past. (I especially applaud their advocacy of > digital active speakers). But MQA doesn't make any sense, other than as > another way to fleece a gullible public.
you seem to have missed some key info, in that MQA is based on new neuroscience research. so, while you may be sure you know what's true, it seems the actual science was not settled. -- 4 TB Drobo-->FW 800-->mac mini-->Ethernet Transporter--> Wireworld Eclipse 6 coax-->Meridian G61 G61--> Nordost Red Dawn-->Primare 30.3 Primare-->Ocos--Vienna Acoustics Beethoven/Maestro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ netchord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102648 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
