Julf wrote: > I mostly agree, but then there are the vinyl hipsters (who will soon > move on to cassettes), but also a significant group of young, clueful > people who actually listen to flac and high-bitrate lossy formats, on > reasonable gear, but would never dream of paying $100 for a cable. They > are the ones who suffer from the effects of the audiophile silliness in > the marketplace.
Yes there are some younger folks caringbfor good sound and they do suffer . Hopefully they can buy semi pro gear , thats actually a good option and not to expesive . Another one the paradigm of passive speakers have lingered far to long in audiophile circles . Its there to promotenexcessive gear swapping of multiple separate boxes... Amplification is a solved problem , put it in the speakers and you can start to adress the real problems of passive filters -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (spares Touch, 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=104401 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
