Mnyb wrote: > Yes ideally that would be good , unless you get engaged in the > mudwrestling after the fact :D > > In all other hobies ther are also overpriced gear cherished brandnames > and very subjective opinions , but they are usually closer to reality > and within reasoable fanboy behaviur i really like brand x or italian > sportcars ( even if similar performance can be has from US or japan). > > But if I in a car forum claimed that my Corvette had 9 billion > horsepowers , I would probably be called upon that BS . > > In audio forums we are suposed to accept claims that are even more > unreasonable ?
Let's be clear here: almost 100% percent of the unscientific claims made by audiophiles first appear in one or another of the various high end audio publications (either print or web based), which are supposed to be run by serious audio professionals. What this means is that these serious audio professionals are anything but professional. However why would anyone with a brain and a working knowledge of logic expect anything else? These serious audio professionals are all employed by in the publishing industry, an industry which is wholly dependent on advertising revenue and one does not generate advertising revenue by telling one's readers that the products being sold by your advertisers are so much snake oil. Instead these serious audio professionals provide legitimacy to the claims being made by their advertisers. It is all just one big feedback loop with the goal of removing money from the wallets of audiophiles. 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=103842 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
