Julf wrote: > To quote one of my smarter friends: "People engage with music for a huge > spectrum of reasons, some more consistent with the artist's motivations > and intentions than others. There absolutely is a "wacko nosebleed > contingent" of "audio enthusiasts" for whom reason has long-since left > the building and who are engaged in delusional imaginings about things > and effects which cannot possibly exist in either this world or the > next. This behavior is strongly encouraged by a relatively small segment > of the equipment suppliers whose guile and cunning would make PT Barnum > die of envy. But "disgustibus non disputantum" - those two communities > have agreed as consenting adults to reciprocate with each other to their > apparent mutual satisfaction, and as long as they don't scare the horses > and exhibit a modicum of decorum, the hyperventilated ravings in the > audio rags can be quite amusing. To the degree, however, that the > success of this market manipulation flows downstream such that it > impacts the availability of high-quality, rationally-priced audio kit > for those of less blingful means, that becomes a real problem."
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