Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-19 Thread andy_c
ralphpnj wrote: > So someone else besides me called them "clowns" :) (By "them" I'm > referring to the editors and writers of all the high end audio, aka > audiophile, magazines and web sites.) I see that line of argument a lot. Here's a '*_funny_example_of_a_sarcastic_response_*' (http://www.a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-19 Thread ralphpnj
andy_c wrote: > Or, as Carl Sagan once said: Carl Sagan wrote: > > The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who > are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at > Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at > Bozo the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-10 Thread andy_c
Julf wrote: > The "I am right and you are wrong" principle, perhaps? :) > > OK, more seriously, I think it stems from the 'Galileo_Gambit' > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy#Galileo_Gambit) > variation of 'association fallacy' > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallac

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-09 Thread arnyk
Archimago wrote: > Ah yes... The old "bits is (not) bits" pithy statement. > > So, why would anyone call "objectivists" flat-earthers?! > > I'd love to hear under what philosophical principle a subjectivist feels > it's justifiable to call objective thinking "flat earth"... Schoolyard style n

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-08 Thread Julf
Archimago wrote: > I'd love to hear under what philosophical principle a subjectivist feels > it's justifiable to call objective thinking "flat earth"... The "I am right and you are wrong" principle, perhaps? :) "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growin

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-08 Thread Archimago
Mnyb wrote: > That's so open minded indeed . > > And the tiring accusation of " bits are bits " arguments ? No objective > audiophile really makes such a simple assumption . > But indeed bits are bits when everything else within the digital > transfer chain is within reasonable parameters ;) Ah

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-06 Thread Wombat
Julf wrote: > Some of you might have seen the most recent blog posts from Mark Waldrep > (who runs AIX Records). He showed an open mind and tried to evaluate the > offering of an Australian outfit called... Terrific! It must be a common phenomenom happening Down Under and may happen because the b

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-06 Thread arnyk
Julf wrote: > Indeed. But that's kind of the point - even when you try to approach > with an open mind, you will be accused of being a "flat earther" as soon > as your results don't agree with the claims. When your opponent has nothing left to add to the argument but name-calling, you have won t

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-06 Thread Mnyb
Julf wrote: > Indeed. But that's kind of the point - even when you try to approach > with an open mind, you will be accused of being a "flat earther" as soon > as your results don't agree with the claims. That's so open minded indeed . And the tiring accusation of " bits are bits " arguments ?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-06 Thread Julf
Mnyb wrote: > Yes they moved on to la la land :) , but why even try the site just > screams scam at you. Indeed. But that's kind of the point - even when you try to approach with an open mind, you will be accused of being a "flat earther" as soon as your results don't agree with the claims. "

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-06 Thread Mnyb
Yes they moved on to la la land :) , but why even try the site just screams scam at you . Thanks for reminding me of AIX mr waldrep has made some nice recordings in the past I own a lot of his dvda's ,but productivity is not that high I'll check if something new been added to itrax ... ---

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mark Waldrep vs. "CD Illumination"

2015-06-06 Thread Julf
Some of you might have seen the most recent blog posts from Mark Waldrep (who runs AIX Records). He showed an open mind and tried to evaluate the offering of an Australian outfit called 'CD Illumination' (http://www.cdillumination.com/cd-illumination-1.html) promises to "vivify" your CD collection