audiophiles get mention in today's WSJournal


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120044692027492991.html?mod=weekend_leisure_banner_left

funny, but in AB tests most audiophiles aren't able to pick the better product in a statistically significant manner, but Mikey Fremer & JAtkinson could.

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How does the WSJ know which is the better product?
If most people picked the other one, maybe it is the better product, and not the one the WSJ thinks is better.
The one the WSJ thinks is better might be an overpriced piece of hype. Not all that uncommon.
How do you define better?
If WSJ did picture quality test at Best Buy and asked 100 rendom shoppers which display is 720P and which is 1080i/p.
Results would be very similar.(if you hand the WSJ and Sears Winter Catalog (SWC) to the illiterate kid, SWC might win......... by the hair)

Trained eye will allways spot the fake art of B.S.
Trained ear will allways know it even with the eyes closed.
I agree that the Wall Street Journal article had a biased view of audiophiles - but don't forget it's still the nation's leading financial newspaper.
And their website is one of the most active on the internet.