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Shameful...
Aug 07, 2022,13:16 PM
But perhaps the real scandal is that self-described audiophiles were so fooled.
I was part of the audiophile community for a while, many years ago. I spent vast sums on equipment. It was fun, but when $10K in upgrades can squeeze out only a 1% improvement, my personal law of diminishing returns says "no more". And much of the audio gear world is selling differences, not necessarily improvement. Make your equipment sound different and decent and you will have a market. So we have audiophiles arguing over subjective differences/preferences rather than objectively better gear/sound. This audiophile mentality also becomes very detached from music as the ultimate goal.
In the end, like many vanity pursuits (ahem!), so much of audiophilia became figurative autophilia, fantasy and all.
Cheers,
John
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What a disgrace
By: Gelato Monster : August 7th, 2022-03:01
www.washingtonpost.com
Very interesting
By: Arronax : August 7th, 2022-03:59
In a way yes it is a disgrace yet at the same time you have to wonder, if so many people got fooled and couldn't tell the difference there is a bigger problem in that hobby.
LoL that is also true
By: Gelato Monster : August 7th, 2022-04:26
perhaps advancement of DAC processing etc enables them to do so.
I have some...
By: mdg : August 7th, 2022-04:40
...speaker cables for sale. Made from braided unicorn hair and gold from King Tut's tomb. A steal at only $12,000 per foot : )
😀
By: Flanker : August 7th, 2022-08:00
LOL
By: Gelato Monster : August 7th, 2022-09:43
:)))))))
By: amanico : August 7th, 2022-16:14
i agree
By: Gelato Monster : August 7th, 2022-09:45
Omg there was a digital step…
By: Esharp : August 7th, 2022-08:16
DIGITAL BAD!!! 🤣 Actually, folks, digital can be great. Analog can be great. Both can also be not so great, with nasty noisy all-analog pressings or compressed-to-heck poorly-encoded digital file. This just shows that the ‘purists’ don’t have a leg to sta...
agree
By: Gelato Monster : August 7th, 2022-09:44
Shameful...
By: vitalsigns : August 7th, 2022-13:16
But perhaps the real scandal is that self-described audiophiles were so fooled. I was part of the audiophile community for a while, many years ago. I spent vast sums on equipment. It was fun, but when $10K in upgrades can squeeze out only a 1% improvement...
Many thanks for sharing…
By: Fat Bastard : August 7th, 2022-17:53
I am really shocked as an audiophile. I have spent a significant amount of money on my equipment and sourcing MoFi vinyls.
Thank you
By: Gelato Monster : August 8th, 2022-00:01
It is very disturbing