Why do many discussions about sonic performance disintegrate into technical discusions?


Guys I have noticed that certain members start with technical back and forth in discussions which look like they are self serving, to prove how smart or knowledgable they are, rather then forwarding the OP's original question.

Shouldn’t these discussions be moved into a separate post about technical stuff ie the techical merits of bibolar vs mosfets for example, if these members want to do that?

I think most member don’t care if a Krell amp uses brand x or y for transistors vs a Pass or any other amp, I think most people are more concerned with what the sonic differences there are vs specific technical arguments that are not related to the sonic flavor or design methodologies that these product use to produce their sound, what do you guys think?
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Indeed, the recurring crackpot argument is that scientific facts do not exist and that you should follow your subjective impressions. That makes people easy targets for snake oil sellers (many of them here) and audiophilia nervosa, leading to frequent buying and selling of vastly overpriced gear.

>>>>>>Actually, there is no such argument by anybody that scientific facts don’t exist. Quite the contrary. It’s usually the non technical types, but sometimes supposed technical ones, who claim that controversial tweaks 🐍 you know, the ones they either don’t understand or ones they choose not to subscribe to, disobey the sacred Laws of Physics or Electronics or some other field of science. The ones they most likely never studied themselves or, if they did, slept peacefully through class. The two most commonly used fake arguments by skeptics are (1) it will never pass a controlled double blind test and (2) it disobeys the Laws of Science. (They’re never quite sure which one). Of course, the whole “it disobeys the Laws of Science” ploy is obviously a Strawman Argument, a fallacious argument.

As someone posted on one of these forums, “only quote facts.”
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If I were trying to sell high end stuff on these forums based on anecdotal subjective sonic performance then I would not welcome technical comments,

Correct as technical comments could prove that product to be unsuitable to do a specific job it may have been asked/touted to do.

Severe EG: $20k Wavac 300b SE monoblocks to drive Wilson Alexia .9ohm load in the bass speakers.

Cheers George
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Gee, and all I'm trying to do is learn about the science behind the Synergistic blue fuse which uses Quantum Inductive Coupling. Can anyone explain that to me in a non-technical manner?
Yes. Anytime you see the word 'quantum' associated with an audio product, it is an indication that you should turn around and run! as hard as you can until you are a very long distance away. Of course, you won't get away from the quantum, but you might be a bit further away from where you saw the word. And maybe also the audio product in which it is supposed to reside.