What is it with some people who think they can second-guess qualified engineers who obviously know what they are talking about (and often provide references to reputable sources to prove it)? It's a disease, this "everyone's opinion is equally valid" mentality. No, Some people know what they are talking about, others don't. The post-modern hell which thinks otherwise is unfortunately made much worse by the internet, which allows any crackpot to reinforce their prejudices before giving them a platform to broadcast their "ideas" to the world.
The problem is that the more of this stuff that is posted, the more reinforcement there is for the next wave of crackpots to feed on, which is why it is necessary for those with real knowledge to challenge this stuff whenever it appears. Just think of the kind of use links to this thread would be put to if the crazy posts were left unchallenged! I should say that although I am scientifically trained, and work in IT, the kind of stuff relevant to this discussion is not my area, so I trust those whose area it is. And before someone says that this is a recipe for being stuck for ever at current levels of understanding, remember it is the scientists, researchers and engineers in the field who will make the progress which leads to refined and new theories in the future. That is how science works - there are no dogmas, no tablets of stone. The more complete understanding of phenomena in the future will be built on top of the current state of the art, not on foundations of subjectivism and ignorance. Let's save subjective discussion for questions of music and performance, and give proper respect to the scientists and engineers whose discoveries and work allows us to experience frighteningly high quality sound reproduction in our own homes, sometimes separated by many decades from the original performances. -- darrell ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13460 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93257 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
