Julf wrote: > Not going to touch the politics with a 3-metre pole, but I think what we > are seeing in high end audio, politics, health fads etc. is actually > rejection of science and escapism - into "my opinion is just as valid as > that of all those fancy PhDs".
I agree and therefore apologize for my lapse into politics. However I don't think of it as a rejection of science but rather a rejection of any science which gets in the way of profits, which is why Al Gore used the label "An Inconvenient Truth". cliveb wrote: > The way you phrase it implies that the conspiracy is being perpetrated > by organisations and individuals who have full knowledge that they are > lying and it is all nonsense. > > But I think that the vast majority of high-end audio manufacturers > actually believe their own propaganda. > Which in a way is even more shocking: the vendors of items of > engineering don't actually understand the engineering they are > delivering. > > Keep in mind Hanlon's razor: "never ascribe to malice that which can be > explained by stupidity"? I believe that most high end audio engineers and designers fully understand the science of audio but they are only a small part of the team that make up a high end audio manufacturer. It's the marketing people and others who are directing these engineers into the world of voodoo science. For example I believe that the engineering team which developed Audioquest's Jitterbug know full well that it's a complete waste of money but that money is paying their salaries. arnyk wrote: > Current understandings of perception and memory suggest that initially > these people may have been well-tutored in the basics, and knew them > very well. However, years of success with we might call "Alternative > wisdom" has literally changed their minds. The name John Atkinson > somehow comes to mind. ;-) Even hinting that John Atkinson (or for that matter Robert Harley) has or ever had any understanding of the basics of audio engineering is completely laughable and an insult to all engineers, not just audio engineers. They are both plain and simply shills for their advertisers. Giving them even the slightest hint of respectability is exactly how they are able to succeed. I much prefer to call them what they really are - people who lie for money. 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: LMS 7.9 on dedicated windows 10 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=105173 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
