Bits is bits?

[Albrecht]

1 hour ago, elcorso said:

 

Precisely and speaking of noise ... There are not always easy solutions to implement !

 

Why then do we make so much noise when some USB cable approaches zero noise ?

 

Bad circuit designs and electronic parts ?  There is a lot too !

 

Of course, the audio industry has crickets, but mention me one industry in which there are no crickets. From the pharmaceutical to ... Please mention it.

 

 

 

Roch

 

 

It takes very little research, and there is more than ample evidence that the high-end audio industry likely has the most efficacious products, and has much smaller mark-ups of most any other industry. In addition, - there is also ample evidence to support the fact(s) that the vast majority of high performance audio companies are small,  "mom and pop" orgs that have nothing resembling "bean counters."

But hey, - the trolls are gonna troll... and reason is not really their forte.

[Albrecht]

16 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

smaller mark-ups - hahahahahha

Yes....Hahahahaa....

Thank you for reinforcing my statement.

 

 

 

[Albrecht]

4 minutes ago, sandyk said:

Hi John

 I feel certain that this does not apply to the vast majority of members of this forum who came here to learn and obtain good advice  ,

or for that matter the companies in the SPONSORED Forum area, no matter what a couple of other members have insinuated in recent posts . 

 

Kind Regards

Alex

FWIW, agree... and...

I read "swindled" to mean non functioning, - and or, - non-delivery of purchased product. Or delivering a product that is not what is paid for.

Although this does happen, - it is super rare, - and although there is "troll-fodder" for these super rare cases like the Lexicon, and JPS Labs fiasco, - the industry has a pretty good record compared to other luxury good industries.

Also, - sadly, - this is more prevalent in the consumer audio, (junk), industry and computer industry, - especially computing accessories.

[Albrecht]

29 minutes ago, mansr said:

So you'd agree those Synergistic Research HFT thimbles are a scam?

Nope, - unlike the 5 or 6 anti-audiophile, naysayers, here, - i do not pass judgement, or speculate on stuff that I don't have direct experience(s) with. 

[Albrecht]

On 10/18/2019 at 10:30 AM, John Dyson said:

Well, I consider myself to have been swindled when a piece of equipment is sold as 'superior', and ends up being worse than a normal, good quality competent design.   Even if the snake-oil equivalent to a normal quality design, it is dishonest to claim superiority.

 

So, you *might* be  re-interpreting the sense of the term 'swindled'.   Maybe another equivalent word would be 'cheated'.   Of course, caveat emptor.

 

I might seem more negative than I really am, but not intending to hurt the 'swindled' individual, but instead I intend to help protect (caveat emptor) the prospective purchaser.

 

A mistake is a mistake, a dishonest claim is a swindle.   There is too much a pattern of 'mistakes.'   The only reasonable conclusions are incompetence when representing the product (not good), or taking advantage of those who don't know the truth (almost any vulnerable consumer -- including me sometimes), which is dishonesty...   Therefore -- swindle.

 

John

It's good that that never happens, - as we all know that with no "objective" (and I say this in terms of the fact that the so-called objectivists on these forums are not objectivist at all, but in fact, naysaying subjectivists), - claims being made. "This might enhance performance" is the claim made by high end manufacturers,  "try it and see if it works for you and your system: for it will never work on someone's sharp boombox."

 

If you don't like science fiction movies, - you are likely not going to like Blade Runner.

 

With the 6 or 7 troll posters here, - no amount of evidence presented will ever sway them. That is not science. Science is constantly evolving and changing with the presentation of new evidence. Instead of examinig the evidence, - the person who presents the evidence is vilified and demonized. This is especially the case with computing industry engineers who've come into the high end audio industry with ideas inspired by computing products applied to high performance audio. 

 

Likely these people are seen as "traitors" to entrenched, brick-wall, cult-of-personality people who are certain that everything presented will not work, - no matter the evidence to the contrary. This is not science, or scientific investigation, it is medieval Catholic Church style, blind, entrenched, "anti-reason."

 

Scientific investigation and discovery by its very nature requires an open mind, and directed questions. 

 

 

[Albrecht]

On 10/16/2019 at 3:22 PM, pkane2001 said:

 

Am I correct in understanding that using knowledge and understanding disqualifies one from being an audiophile then?

LOL... 

As if the 6 or 7 trolls here were not so entrenched that they'd actually engage in reason, logic, understanding and testing...