Audiophiles on Audiogon.

I mean, really. Attacking people for spending $1,000,000 on component interconnects while Ukrainian families are being brutally murdered by the tens of thousands is an easy mark, and he can’t even get that right, even though people here provide him with spectacular examples of the craft and do it repeatedly, including yours truly. His remarks are off kilter, cognitively and tonality-wise.

It’s as if Vladimir Putin tried to do a critique of The Simpsons as being a conveyor of hegemonic imperialist ideology.

I doubt this dude is an audiophile. He probably listens to a 6-transistor radio in his mom’s basement.

Audiophiles deserve attacks. But please, if you are going to take a whack at it, don’t insult our intelligence, Do it with wit, insight, grace and intelligence (that is, follow the WIGI Rule).

Speaking of wit, if not intelligence: whatever happened to the Einstein guy? I haven’t seen him in these parts in a while, but maybe it’s me.

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This guy reminds me of the Howard Stern haters who continued to listen to him every day in the 1990’s. #1 reason why: “I want to hear what he’s going to say next”! 

@wyoboy So glad someone actually looked at the video.  Hope it helps.  I read somewhere that wine pairs pretty well with music.

I firmly believe in balanced connections and balanced opinions.  

Tweakers need to expect to be scientifically challenged, and ASR followers need to be open enough to discoveries for which the science may not be immediately evident. Obviously, ultimately, there has to be a scientific explanation for everything, but let's not forget about what happens after the waves hit the eardrum.

My take after decades of swapping out gear frequently is that you can get a variety of differences but they are not necessarily improvements...just enough so that each person can pursue their personal tastes, and of course audiophiles, as hobbyists, will take that to an extreme (like stamp collectors...they don't need the stamps to mail anything...its a hobby).  Where audiophiles may not be self-aware enough is when they consider something "better" rather than "different."

My take after decades of swapping out gear frequently is that you can get a variety of differences but they are not necessarily improvements...

So true....

 For me the only ABSOLUTE improvements, when we own a relatively good basic audio system already  will come from acoustic/psycho-acoustic improvement in the room...

Upgrade is often a mirror of our acoustic ignorance ...And we call the change and the difference our "taste" and an improvement  .... It is not always the case at all...

There is no "taste" in acoustic, only our particular ears structure and history...Acoustic science is related to many concepts which can de defined objectively and experimented with in a subjective manner... In this experimental correlation between objective and subjective factors in a small room, It is less "taste" that exist, but more a tuning optimization for a specific pair of ears and system and by them...