ralphpnj wrote: > Correct - this nonsense was written by these two quacks. > > > > 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.
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