darrenyeats wrote: > Ralph, > I was suggesting a mix rather than lurching from one extreme to the > other!
Well my perspective is that in some areas you can't do compromises sometimes the " subjectivist " ( bad word IMO we ar all subjective when we enjoy our music ) are simply wrong . It s more like a political solution , how do you compromise with a person that believes that the earth is flat ? Agree on a slightly curved disc as a compromise solution ? Some believes presented as audio truths are actually on par with this . I also put it in broader perspective with alternative medicine and other pseudoscience , it's a part of a serious problem . This forum actually had a quite mixed bag of different people some years ago actually the "balance" you strive after. But then something happened and the forum basically got "invaded" by some very confused people claiming just about anything like that LMS on different OS sound different ? Weird software mods etc the list of crazy stuff grew exponentially . This actually drew away many good forum members that have contributed massively in the past I still miss them they wrote 10 times better posts than me . The forum was practically flooded with disinformation and bunk ... So now I choose to voice my own scepticism , so if someone says that his new Ethernet cables sound less digital with blacker background and less edge I would say "really" and ask for some rational explanation . The reason why a science based and slightly questioning aproach get intrerpreted as "extreme" is the actuall state of high end audio it has driven itself into a corner where anything goes , I've yet to see unicorns but it won't be long.... If you got to your MD and he gave you a rattle and some Peebles against your illness you would be rightfully upsett ! I just suggest that you get equally upsett when someone preach the blessings of cable lifters quantum purifiers and magic dots or whatnot :) I can actually agree to that I get somewhat suckered in to participate in all thoses posts and they get a bit repetitive sometimes . I rarely starts a post , can't do them as good as for example Archimago who often has some really enlightening stuff to share on his blog . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 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
