ralphpnj wrote: > One big factor in this "evolution" that has not been touched upon is > that the driving engine of high end audio is the sale of equipment and > in order to do that the manufacturers need to project onto the buying > public the idea that today's audio equipment is much, much better than > yesterday's audio equipment. The high end audio press gladly plays along > with this game and month after provides the "proof" that new equipment > is the "ultimate" and offers "night and day" differences from > yesterday's "ultimate" equipment.
Paralleled by (parts of) the music industry wanting to resell us our music collection in surround sound, no, wait, SACD, nonono DSD, no, really, hi-res... "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
