Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Case for Ignorance

2015-08-25 Thread Archimago
ralphpnj wrote: > And I really hope that I win a big lottery... but guess what neither one > is going to happen. Wish it were otherwise but it isn't. The best that > we can hope for is that the audio world misses the op-ed completely > because if they do discover it then it will be quoted out of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Case for Ignorance

2015-08-24 Thread ralphpnj
Archimago wrote: > Thanks for the article! Interesting read and I really hope the audio > guys don't quote this out of context... And I really hope that I win a big lottery... but guess what neither one is going to happen. Wish it were otherwise but it isn't. The best that we can hope for is tha

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Case for Ignorance

2015-08-24 Thread Archimago
Thanks for the article! Interesting read and I really hope the audio guys don't quote this out of context... Yeah, I'll guess by the end of this week it might show up somewhere (so less than a week). As usual, interpretation will be skewed to support questionable claims... Probably something abou

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Case for Ignorance

2015-08-24 Thread ralphpnj
Julf wrote: > And how long before someone mentions quantum physics? In a picosecond so that only golden eared audiophiles can hear it :) 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-H

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Case for Ignorance

2015-08-24 Thread Julf
And how long before someone mentions quantum physics? "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 ---

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Case for Ignorance

2015-08-24 Thread ralphpnj
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/24/opinion/the-case-for-teaching-ignorance.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=opinion-c-col-left-regionĀ®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region The above op-ed piece was published in today's New York Times and makes for some very interes