Videodrome;224005 Wrote: > I am, admittedly, pretty new around here. So if you like, you can take > what I'm about to say with a grain of salt ... > > What is it about audiophiles and/or some of the folks on this forum > that seem to turn every thread into a debate or a tangential rant where > people invariably pit their audio knowledge or the veracity of their > claims against someone elses? > > Example: Someone posts a thread asking for cable recommendations, and > before it's reached a page in length, the whole premise of the question > is attacked. Counter arguments emerge. By page 2, the thread is now a > discussion on the science of human hearing. By page 3, tempers begin > to flare; now we're on to the hackneyed double blind test arguments. > By page 4, you can no longer tell what the orignal thread was about, > and by the time it's run its course, the poor sap never got a decent > answer to his question. > > I've gone down this slippery slope myself, so I'm as guilty as the > rest, but is this really what we want when we post here? Please don't > get me wrong, I'm all for a Socratic debate now and then -- and you can > learn a lot by reading SOME of the exchanges -- but there are times I > find myself refraining from sharing my opinion on audio matters because > I've grown bored with constantly having to turn around and defend it. > > Just my $.02 for the day.
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