I have held my peace for a while on the hip hop posts instituted by taters, which are both uninspired and clearly denigrating, but have reached the point where I have to respond to bpoletti's comments in view of taters' overall theme.
Audiophiles should be the LAST people commenting on others' musical tastes, given some of the dreck that passes for "music" among the audiophile community. I find the pablum that I hear at most high end shows to be dull at best, and mind-numbingly insipid at its most common. Limpid female vocals, bizarre and esoteric pop, and Tibetan bowl players seem to have become standard demo music in the audiophile community. As an example, I have three words for you - Amanda frickin' McBroom! Who listens to this stuff other than audiophiles?
However, I do not go out of my way to denigrate those that appreciate such forms of music as having no taste or standards. Sure, I do not enjoy it, but as long as those folks appreciate the reproduction of music at the highest levels, I have to applaud them for their commitment to this hobby, which, let's face it, not all that many people share. Indeed, audiophiles should be openly willing to embrace any types of music, as well as any folks that appreciate high performance audio, regardless of their tastes.
Taters, please cease the endless commentary on a musical genre which you not only do not appreciate, but clearly fail to understand. Audiogon will be the better for it.
