garym wrote: > Archimago has done a lot of this quite nicely (option b). So have > others (plenty of threads at hydrogenaudio.org that discuss, provide > references to technical peer-reviewed papers, etc.). None of this > makes a bit of difference to the audiophools who refuse to believe. > They instead try to come up with twisted arguments as to why > double-blind tests are not valid when it comes to audio or simply > declare that one's system is not revealing enough to hear the > (unmeasurable) benefits from better USB cables or the jitter reduction, > etc.
I believe that it goes much deeper. For the most part audiophiles follow the advice and recommendations given in the various high end audio magazines and it is these publications which provide the basic ground rules on how to dismiss the objectivists' claims. More than once have I read in the pages of these magazines how double blind tests are invalid, how measurements don't reveal the whole truth, etc. Since there is plenty of money to be made selling $20 worth of parts and labor for $500 the manufacturers willingly provide these magazines with the revenue they need to produce slick looking publications filled with reviews of super expensive equipment, which are also provided by the manufacturers. And what do the objectivists get? Nothing. No loaner equipment - who in their right mind would lend a very costly piece of equipment to a publication that might actually write a very negative review? And who would advertise $2,000 cables in a magazine that writes how well made inexpensive cable is all one needs? And so the objectivist side gets the occasional home made publication which lacks any of the refinement and slickness of the big name publications. Plus the objectivists never get invited to sit on the panels at the various audio shows, which just so happen to be sponsored by the high end audio magazines in partnership with the manufacturers. The end result is that the objectivists often end up appearing to be little more than crackpots doing their best Don Quixote imitation has their charge at the windmills of the audio world. Luckily for the objectivists the internet gives them a chance to get their views out to public. Here's a good example of a individual with very valid complaints being reduced to crackpot status and marginalized in spite of the basic reasonableness of his claims. http://www.high-endaudio.com/RR-STEREOPHILE.html Which is to be expected whenever one attempts to speak truth to power (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=speak%20truth%20to%20power) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
