My bad, folks.
I was under the impression that audiophiles were on the main seekers of actual, verifiable, quantifiable, information. Ā Yes, yes, āhow it SOUNDSā is ultimately the goal here - but hearing is so different for so many people. Reading reviews and commentary on XYZ speakers, or amps, or DACās or phone cartridges teaches us this in every post.
Imagine my surprise at the overt hostility presented upon asking basic questions about gadgetry.
1 - what does it do?
2- how does it do it?
3- how well does it do it?
4- compared to what?
5- Is this effect uniform, reproducible, cost-effective?
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Apparently these questions fly in the face of the fanaticism present in a small percentage of very vocal defenders of the faith.
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But Iāve been on the innerwebs long enough to realize there are enough self-absorbed, aspergerish kids who canāt converse on par with a civilized world and maintain without acting out.
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Iāll keep asking the questions, you do you.