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I'm here for the sharing, not the snobery

Just a quick note.  Things around here on Audiogon have been interesting over the past couple of weeks as I've watched a number of trolls shift the tenor of the discussions.

I wanted to say that I fully support information sharing, doing things ourselves, experimentation and ways to broaden who is among us.

The idea that you are or are not an audiophile based on what you have spent, or what exclusive line of products you have purchased is not one I want to support.  We should find ways to share, not exclude our passion and grow our dwindling numbers.

Building kits and systems with the younger generation is a fantastic way of getting them into STEM as well as into audio, not to mention builds light years worth of knowledge in very little time.  As I've said before, our hobby was built by experimenters, tinkerers and lovers of music much more so than by lovers of spending.

I'll support inclusive, fact based discussions and those who are intellectually curious every time I can.
erik_squires
erik_squires OP
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If all text or messages that surround the idea of measurements being a ’god’ that all ears must bow down in front of... are all disallowed...


Absolutely no one has said this.  We are saying that a measurement is not perception and that we should not claim them as even being related unless we can back it up somewhere.  It is a lot easier to show things are related than to prove they are not.  That's just the nature of things.

Also, while dealing with straw men, no one is denying or judging anyone for buying half a billion dollar speaker systems.  Rather I am saying that whether you are or are not an audiophile has no connection to how much you spent.  If you feel attacked by this statement, that's not on me.

Erik
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millercarbon
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Is there even a true democracy anywhere in the world.

There was. But we all voted to eat one guy’s cornflakes, then another, and after a while enough realized Jefferson was right, pure democracy is nothing more than tyranny by majority, and its been muddle along triumvirate constitutional republic ever since.

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coltrane1
813 posts
 
Back in 1997, when I joined, this place and Audio WEB, were simply very kewl! This place has changed a lot since then. But after 24 years I accept it. It’s only the internet. Don’t take anyone too seriously. 
vladtheimpala
99 posts
 
Call me a spelling pedant, but "snobbery" has not one but two "b"s.
audition__audio
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Yeah but Jefferson had slaves so are we even allowed to acknowledge his existence?
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