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


It seems like when I see comments on high end gear there is a lot of negativity. I have been an audiophile for the last 20 years. Honestly, if you know how to choose gear and match gear a lot of the high end gear is just better. When it comes to price people can charge what they want for what they create. If you don’t want it. Don’t pay for it. Look if you are blessed to afford the best bear and you can get it. It can be very sonically pleasing. Then do it. Now if you are also smart and knowledgeable you can get high end sound at mid-fi prices then do it. It’s the beauty of our our hobby. To build a system that competes with the better more expensive sounding systems out there. THOUGHTS?

calvinj

scottwheel 20k. Lol.  Anyway.  You are not interested in hearing differences. You wanna win arguments. lol. Whatever man.”

you didn’t even bother to make excuses. But you did fall back on the same B.S. and just make crap up about me to fit your fantasy. I’m quite interested in knowing what makes a difference. That reality doesn’t fit your narrative so you literally have to make crap up like that. If the cables I use are in any way coloring the sound I am very interested in knowing about it. And if anyone can demonstrate it with reliable, repeatable evidence I definitely want to see it. 

@everyone this thread has officially been hijacked by certain folks. I’m done. 

scottwheel are you secure in your shoes?

If yes why trying to convince others people who trust their ears rightfully or wrongfully ?

My self i know with my ears that the cables i tried made a small difference ...

Perhaps some can make a bigger difference ... I dont know and i am not interested by cables , especially costlier one, not because they will not affect my S.Q. but because for me it is minor ...

Why in the hell are you so obstinate to negate other people ears experience, even if they are deluded ?

I believe them myself because cables make a difference but a very small one compared to electrical, mechanical and acoustical working controls ...

Is you mission in life is transmission of the double blind test scripture ?😇

Why not explaining to people instead of asking for blindtest what is the BACCH filters and why it matter more than cable or amplifier upgrade? this is way more important...

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I thought double blind was a dead issue.

No one, regardless of which side of this fence they occupy, can assert that the knowledge of the test does not alter the very act of listening. One of the few things that J. Atkinson has said with which I agree.

If you hear a difference this difference exists. If you dont it doesnt. I dont try to convince anyone of anything and remain secure in my own experiences. 

By the way, setting up a quasi-viable double blind test is not a simple undertaking.

I will add that anyone participating in a DBT typically has a dog in this fight. They either want or dont want to hear a difference. The results can be tainted accordingly. The objectivist have created just as viable a market by taking a vocal position as have the subjectivists.