Mnyb wrote: > There is next lever of silly , sound quality differences of OS when used > as squeezebox server . In this case no audio is going on the server at > all as the player do the payback in the squeezebox world.
But that level of silliness is actually a very useful data point, in that it really illustrates the problems with the whole subjective, placebophile and "just try it, you will hear a difference" snake oil approach by means of an reductio ad absurdum. If people are convinced that there is a difference when anyone with even basic knowledge about electrical engineering and information science know that there is no possible mechanism causing a real difference (as opposed to a perceived one), then what about their claims in similar, but less ridiculously silly situations? The fact that "we can't measure everything" audiophiles willingly embrace the foo is a damning statement about their belief system. "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=104136 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
