Patrick Dixon;210578 Wrote: > There is a proportion of the industry that appears to be selling > snake-oil, and a proportion that are selling things that genuinely do > make a difference, but are wrapped up in pseudo-scientific bullshit. > To some extent customers are getting what they deserve, because > customers do seem to prefer to buy equipment with fancy spec-sheets and > 'dark-art' circuitry, blind. In general, too much honesty doesn't > pay. > > There is no good way to buy high-end audio equipment from the internet. > There just isn't any substitute for experience and for listening, and > if you don't want to spend the time and do the graft, you just have to > go with someone you trust and take your chances. But, be aware, that > those who shout loudest are not always right, identical equipment does > sound different in different setups, and different people do like > different things.
I think we should frame this quote and have it as a sticky at the top of every page on this forum. BTW it's actually quite easy to spot much of the bullsh*t. When people write it, they have a habit of using what I call "bullsh*t marks" - punctuation which resembles the apostrophe, but when used in a description of a piece of audio equipment, means that either the author is clueless, or knows perfectly well that what they're writing is total rubbish. Try it: pick a manufacturer of any controversial piece of equipment - cable burn-in devices, CD demagnetisers, miracle jitter squishers or whatever - and read the "scientific" explanations they offer of how their product works. Watch for the bullsh*t marks and report back your favourite examples :) -- AndyC_772 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AndyC_772's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10472 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26306 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
