WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR?

Excellent post nonoise ...

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Thanks, mahgister....👍

“ So how did this thread become about cables and and a pile on by Cable Deniers like @andrewdrouin @scottwheel and other Audioholics subscribers.”

The thread is still about the bogus rationalizations for the existence of audiophiles such as myself. Cables and power cords are just examples. We can switch out cables and insert DACs, SS amplification and a number of other things if you like. It’s still the same issue. 

“High end audio is not cables well all cables. There are high end cables. But when I think of high end audio I think of brands like like Gryphon, Atma-Sphere, AGD, ARC, Simaudio, Pass Labs, T&A, Sonus Faber, QLN...Not Roskan, Pioneer, NAD, Marantz, well the stuff you buy at Best Buy or Crutchfield.”

So you base what is high end on status symbols? It’s the name on the label and the store? You do know that Magnolia, the stereo branch of Best Buy sells Martin Logan right? 

But Magnolia doesn’t sell the good Martin Logan models…

“Nice description of a parlor trick. It's a sad commentary that people take it upon themselves to deceive others and at the same time, conduct ABX tests under their conditions and not the way Harmon, Toole, Barton and the other real experts did it back in the day. They just use their terms and phrases and twist things.”

Actually Toole and Olive essentially did exactly the same test using speakers. And they published the entire experiment in the peer reviewed AESJ. This is a very common method used in many clinical studies. So is that a sad commentary on how science does research on human perception? 

These tests should inform audiophiles about the nature of how we perceive sound. If the mere existence of these tests anger you maybe you should think about why. Maybe it just hits too close to home and threatens your belief system. And your anger is just a defense mechanism trying to protect your emotional investment in your beliefs?