Popular Post Samuel T Cogley Posted April 18, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2018 6 minutes ago, Albrecht said: OK... fair enough. I apologize if I've been too serious & too sensitive. Perhaps my perception, - but I would contend that there are folks who's "jokes" are meant not as jokes but meanspirited degradation of something that they know nothing about, and then it becomes good sport to "pile on" to the straw men. It's almost like it's a given that high-end audio manufacturers are these wealthy oligarchs with 9 houses, selling products that don't work, with an insane markup. But upon a real analysis and research, - much of this falls away. While this might come as a surprise to some of my harshest critics, there is merit in the idea that making assumptions is antithetical to meaningful, substantive discourse. Personally, I don't think there's technological value in $10,000 Ethernet cables (for example), but to extrapolate that the purveyors of those cables are obscenely wealthy is at least misguided. Experience online and in meatspace has taught me that people jump into audiophilia for lots of different reasons. For me, audio gear is like any other appliance in the house (or on road, like a smartphone or DAP). I've never had a relationship with my toaster oven, but I'm coming around to the idea of not looking down on those who (as GUTB says) are "emotional" about audio. But the reverse is true as well. Just because I don't have a relationship with a DAC, amp, or cables, doesn't mean I'm any less of an audiophile than anyone else. And in my book, anyone who cares about sound quality is an audiophile. Oh, and in case I wasn't clear, the amount of money someone spends has no bearing whatsoever on their commitment (or lack of it) to audiophilia. I see @christopher3393 has invoked Diana Krall above. While I find her work rather banal, she's infinitely more interesting than this tired, "audiophilia is decadence" trope. Perhaps it is decadence, but this is not the appropriate venue for such a topic. Believe it or not, there is a forum for that. mordante, daverich4 and MikeyFresh 2 1 Link to comment
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