Utterly disrespectful and unethical.
It is a forum that is a business, so it is not an enterprise rooted in, or devoted to, ethics.
Audio Science Review = Rebuttal and Further Thoughts
@crymeanaudioriver @amir_asr You are sitting there worrying if this or that other useless tweak like a cable makes a sonic difference.
I don’t worry about my equipment unless it fails. I never worry about tweaks or cables. The last time I had to choose a cable was after I purchased my first DAC and transport in 2019. I auditioned six and chose one, the Synergistic Research Atmosphere X Euphoria. Why would someone with as fulfilling a life as me worry about cables or tweaks and it is in YOUR mind that they are USELESS.
@prof "would it be safe to say you are not an electrical designer or electrical engineer? If so, under what authority do you make the following comment" - concerning creating a high end DAC out of a mediocre DAC.
Well, I have such a DAC, built by a manufacturer of equipment and cables for his and my use. It beat out a $9,000 COS Engineering D1v and $5,000 D2v by a longshot. It is comparable to an $23,000 Meridian Ultradac. Because I tried all the latter three in comparison I say this with some authority, the authority of a recording engineer (me), a manufacturer (friend) and many audiophiles who have heard the same and came to the same conclusion.
Another DAC with excellent design engineer and inferior execution is the Emotiva XDA-2. No new audio board but 7! audiophile quality regulators instead of the computer grade junk inside, similar high end power and filter caps, resistors, etc. to make this into a high end DAC on the very cheap ($400 new plus about the same in added parts).
@russ69 We must be neighbors. I frequented Woodland Hills Audio Center back in the 70s and 80s. I heard several of Arnie’s speakers including a the large Infinity speakers in a home.
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It’s closed but also hidden: you can’t find it by browsing the forum heading index. It’s not deleted (currently) so still exists at the relevant URL and returns a result to matching search criteria.
Unless you are a libertarian, neo-liberal or similar, ethics can be applied to business dealings: "rooted in" or "devoted to" is a bit of a straw man wrt @noske’s post. People have different ethics of course, so there’s room for debate there.
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@axo1989 I don’t know, I just pulled it up typing Audio Science Review and both of my forums popped up, I chose one and it opened. I also did a Chrome Google search and typed Audio Science Review Audiogon. Again, it opened up. I wouldn’t say it’s hidden. Maybe I’m misunderstanding. Maybe you mean under it's posted category, Tech Talk (it is missing there). |
@fleschler we're basically describing the same thing. You can find it via a search query (using the site search engine or an external one) but it has (presumably) been removed from the Tech Talk index (so you can't find it by browsing recent threads in the index, even going back to other entries before that thread closed or opened). In other words, an additional effect beyond simply closing the thread (whether this is a manual or automatic step following closing the thread, I can't say, of course). Anyway, quite disappointing to see that occur without a moderator or site manager explanation/statement. |
I suppose so. if it was a forum with the stated purpose of audio with fair and varied representation, then they would not likely trim the outline voices. As it is a business that owns the forum, they are more driven by capitalist theories than libertarian, communist or socialist perspectives. (IME) |
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