I Now Consider The Stereophile Staff Snake Oil Salesmen

[Albrecht]

9 hours ago, Spacehound said:

You don't know the answer so mine must be right.

Or there's a mis-understanding about what exactly science is: or at least the significant difference between Engineering and Investigative Science. (Read: this happens a lot).

[Albrecht]

On 2/17/2018 at 5:15 PM, Brinkman Ship said:

Based on the irrational comments in the "MQA Conceptualized" post, I have

no choice to consider the staff at Stereophile snake oil salesmen.

 

Many here have worked under the delusion that they would start to temper

their support once all the widely available data was examined. Keep dreaming.

 

These excerpts show they have doubled down:

 

"If MQA didn't audibly improve sound quality to our ears, our coverage would be minimal."

Hi, FWIW i share your opinion about MQA, - especially its dangerous and immoral attributes of DRM & Recording industry exploitation of artists. However, - I would be careful about labeling Stereophile as salespeople of any kind, - including "snake-oil." Stereophile is an audio enthusiast magazine that reports on what they define as high performance equipment that is classified as (generally) costing more than $1000 per component. They write and report on gear that they think "sounds good." That doesn't mean that their opinions are right or wrong, or that sometimes they aren't harmful. Think movie reviews. They are at their best when they say, - "if you've loved the original Blade Runner storyline and plot, you are likely not to like the new Blade Runner 2045." I think that it should also be recognized that context is everything. From what I've heard, there have been very few good comparative tests out there. Some of it may be due to the fact that the filter is basically a Meridian sounding filter. In my opinion, - Meridian equipment has always been overly warmed, chocolate sauce.... For me, - the cowardly and greedy position of Meridian in the market is horrible, and adding the icing of muddy sound with their cheap reverb tank called MQA keeps me a million miles away.

[Albrecht]

2 minutes ago, mansr said:

Scientists strive to discover the nature of the universe. Engineers shape it to their liking.

Science was born out of philosophy to discover the nature of reality, Engineers get it wrong hidden away in their lab.

[Albrecht]

9 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

Yeah, they only see  the end result.  Get the 'invisible to them' science right and the engineers part is almost  inevitable. 

 

And most people think science is a belief system. It's an UNbelief system.

 

9 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

Yeah, they only see  the end result.  Get the 'invisible to them' science right and the engineers part is almost  inevitable. 

 

And most people think science is a belief system. It's an UNbelief system.

ZACTLY!!!