Audio Science Review = "The better the measurement, the better the sound" philosophy
"Audiophiles are Snobs" Youtube features an idiot! He states, with no equivocation, that $5,000 and $10,000 speakers sound equally good and a $500 and $5,000 integrated amp sound equally good. He is either deaf or a liar or both!
There is a site filled with posters like him called Audio Science Review. If a reasonable person posts, they immediately tear him down, using selected words and/or sentences from the reasonable poster as100% proof that the audiophile is dumb and stupid with his money. They also occasionally state that the high end audio equipment/cable/tweak sellers are criminals who commit fraud on the public. They often state that if something scientifically measures better, then it sounds better. They give no credence to unmeasurable sound factors like PRAT and Ambiance. Some of the posters music choices range from rap to hip hop and anything pop oriented created in the past from 1995.
Have any of audiogon (or any other reasonable audio forum site) posters encountered this horrible group of miscreants?
I am pleased to know that your business in high-end audiophile gear is good. I think that it is important for everyone to know this for future reference. |
I think to understand ASR you have to look at things from a psychological + demographic + herd mentality. The hobby is a bit of a "lone wolf" hobby and many in it have tried to find the truth by finding a mentor or others that share the same views. I think sites like Audiogon are best for the "free thinkers" while ASR has both but also contains a highly vocal population of people who rally round the leader and attack others that don't share their views (which are not necessarily the views of their pack leader but rather the group mentality there). You will find them lurking and attacking in any thread where someone talks about how something sounds, how something is enjoyed, etc. when it cannot be substantiated by a meterman. I think there is a problem there but not one that their leader can fix if he even wanted to, which I don't think he does. They are his "generals" and like generals in the military, some are not so smart and others just want to keep their place in the pack. I've been on the internet since it started and I have to say that it is one of the strangest sites I have ever seen. It is useful and worth a checkup every now and again (if anything to help decide what NOT to buy) but has always reminded me of a bunch of parrots in a cage where one parrot has only learned what he has heard the other parrots squawking. |
Your thread on ASR was closed. Who has the open mind again?
I'm sure this is sarcasm but unsure how you think that is funny? |
