Archimago wrote: > OMG! > > Amazing. Was this written by Dr. Charles Zeilig and Jay Clawson of > "Computer Music Audio Quality" series fame from back in late 2011-early > 2012? > > The scoring system reminds me of what they did in those articles.
Correct - this nonsense was written by these two quacks. Archimago wrote: > I think it's fascinating that they're trying to get numbers and > 'technical' stuff into their pages. Perhaps they are seeing that the > readership is demanding more of that especially as audio becomes more > computing based... > > Even though it's misinformation at this time, it actually in time could > be an opportunity for acceptance of a more scientific approach. > Potentially easier to counter this kind of nonsense than arguing with > someone who feels audio is all about subjective voodoo and almost > 'spiritual' beliefs, rejecting anything to do with quantification or the > mere idea that sound quality can be measured. We only hope that the inclusion of "numbers and 'technical' stuff" in the high end audio rags will lead to a "more scientific approach" but I strongly believe that it is a false hope. Stereophile has included measurements with many their equipment reviews for quite some time and whenever the measurements run counter to the subjective reviewers conclusions the measurements are ALWAYS disregarded and often deemed faulty in some way. It is never, ever even considered to the opposite, i.e. that the subjective findings are somehow flawed. As for TAS, as stated above, after the original "Computer Music Audio Quality" series was basically laughed at at anyone with even a modest understanding of digital audio, what do they do? Why they bring back the same two masters of misinformation for another assault on all things scientific and reasonable. In other words, all TAS is doing is trying (and completely failing) to use make believe numbers to lend weight their nonsense. Reminds me of Stereophile's attempt to use a codified language of "accepted" audiophile terms to give an air of seriousness to what is basically a boatload of nonsense. If only the old adage of "live by the sword, die by the sword" held true in these cases, but unfortunately that is not the case since the adage "figures don't lie, but liars do figure" is what we actually get. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102330 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
