The Emperor Has No Clothes!!

@abnerjack 

hah! interesting theory on car maintenance there.  Need to consult the science, and will get back to you.

@audioguy85 

see @jji666 ’s post above.  Tubes on DACs make sense because there is an analog signal involved there.

@hifiguy42 

You don’t have to prove anything to me - I try to be very inclusive.

@mahler123 

I had a used 2000 Audi A4 closing in on 100k miles; was due for a new timing belt, which would have been $$$.  When I checked blue book, I realized that my speakers were worth multiples of my car.  That’s when I got my 2023 Golf R, which I still have 10+ years later.  Have decided not to check blue book again.

@secretguy @mahgister @bolong 

yes, precisely why I feel compelled to weigh in on these issues when they come up, just to provide an alternative resource for those who are trying to sort things out for themselves.

Differing performance between unwashed vs. washed cars would result from effects of turbulent vs. laminar flow. Which is better: environmentally- and/or behaviorally-dependent. It’s elementary, my dear Watson.

There’s a lesson for how this translates to hifi playback, I just haven’t spent enough to know what it is yet.

Man, I’ve got to stop wandering into bad neighborhoods.

If you believe it sounds better, it will sound better. 

We think we like good music. There is no objective, good music.

Seems there is no shortage of snake oil customers and the flat-Earth movement is growing by the minute. Count me in.