Bad news for audiophiles?

oregonpapa
1,205 posts
10-15-2016 1:23am
I’ve always liked this quote:

"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten."

it would be nice if there was a Standard of Quality in the industry. That way there would be some way to distinguish between Poor Quality and Excellent Quality. There is no standard for dynamic range. There is no standard for polarity. There is no standard for transparency. There is no standard for anything.  As it stands I’m afraid audiophiles don’t really know what the heck they’re even listening to. 

Nor is there a standard for rating the beauty of a flower, the sensation of an embrace, or the satisfaction of a job well done.  You just know it...

Dave 

The really bad news for audiophiles is the disreputable pseudo-techno-babble spouted by people who don't know the first thing about electronics or bio-acoustics, many of whom use that to bill their customers of thousands of dollars.

If you disagree, then I have a basilar membrane based bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.

randy-11 wrote,

"The really bad news for audiophiles is the disreputable pseudo-techno-babble spouted by people who don't know the first thing about electronics or bio-acoustics, many of whom use that to bill their customers of thousands of dollars.

If you disagree, then I have a basilar membrane based bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you."

Whoa! What!  Where is that coming from? 

from the title