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What is wrong with Audiophiles?

Well, many issues. The pursuit after uber-expensive interconnects, speaker cables, power conditioners, power cables can be rediculous. Not to mention Audiophiles who paint the outer sides of their CD's with a green marker. A few days ago I visited a local hi-fi exhibition in Israel. Two of the most impressive rooms where the YG Acoustics with an all NAGRA amplification and the Focal room. The speaker cables in the first room cost $70,000. That was also the cost of the speaker cable in the Focal room. One could buy a BMW or a Merc AMG or a Porsche for that much money. Does this make sense to you? And, lest I forget, I have an Audiophile neighbor in the building where I live. I offered him to borrow a CD of an Israeli singer that I admire. How is the quality of the recording, he asked. "average", I answered. "No, I can't listen to average recordings", he replied. I call that "Audiophilia neurosis". 
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cleeds
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atdavid
... I never demand "scientific" tests, only tests exclusively with your ears.
What gives you the authority to make demands of anyone here, and then subject them to insult when they decline? Why do you act so indignant, so righteous, so entitled?
andy2
1,555 posts
 
Damn, the man is quick ... and good.

How about speakers?  That would be hard with eyes opening and not able to see the speakers.
jetter
3,055 posts
 
Actually, the best way to conduct a blind test is to have a blind person taking the test.

Not long ago my son who was visiting, buddy, and his son went on a deep sea fishing trip out of New Hampshire. Caught a lot of great fish.

On the trip was a blind person, who was one incredibly funny guy. He asked, among other totally humorous things "Can a blind person get sea sick?"

We were all cracking up, belly laughing with him. Truth be told, a number of persons did get sea sick due to the high swells. But it was a blast.
atdavid
736 posts
 
There are cloths that are considered acoustically transparent. Buried in emails from years ago is what Harman supposedly used for their blind speaker testing. Lighting the listener area more, and the speaker area less reduces visible shielding requirements.

Harman showed, that being able to see the speaker will impact our subjective listening impressions. I guess the question is, does the visual bias last? The attractive sports car gets "old" when it spends too much time in the shop. The attractive "date", gets tiring when the personality is not there.
andy2
1,555 posts
 

Damn, the man now is trying too hard to save his flawed logic.

The attractive sports car gets "old" when it spends too much time in the shop. The attractive "date", gets tiring when the personality is not there.
Now, that's real relevant.  The man now is running into a dead end.
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