Popular Post audiobomber Posted March 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 hours ago, daverich4 said: To me, the comments section of Austinpop's review of the EtherRegen comes across as a "Front of the Web Site" version of his "Massively Improve" thread. That is, a one sided viewpoint on a topic with no disagreement allowed. Most audio websites skew one way or the other, Objective or Subjective. A few sites won't tolerate comments from the other side. Other sites try to accommodate both with sub-forums, e.g. no ABX or cable comments allowed in certain sub-forums. What Chris has done is similar. Others allow OB's and SUB's mix freely, but moderate heavily. Surely you can see why a change was instituted at AS? The constant trolling and attacks were really getting out of hand. Some of the people who've left recently were the main offenders. IMO, they were here mostly to ridicule, and better off without them. For example, saying that all digital cables must sound the same at every opportunity, in every possible way, repeatedly in the same thread, is not helpful, especially when accompanied by a mocking tone. Most especially when the prevailing opinion around here is that they do sound different. I maintain a healthy skepticism regarding audio and audiophile beliefs, however I've been surprised several times when audiophile tweaks that shouldn't matter, did. I've also tried things I expected to be improvements but would have been a grand waste of money. The massive "Massive Improvements" thread is not terribly interesting to me, but others are enjoying it, so why should it bother anyone else? I don't have any intention of trying an EtherRegen in my system, but I enjoyed reading about it. Reading about gear and what others are doing with their systems is fun. Quote I noticed that when I took a look at the Objective-Fi discussion of the review we have @Sandyk, @Superdad, @Vortecjr and others rooting around in their discussion. Does the wall between the Subjective and Objective audiophiles only go one way? As I understand it, the "wall" is not to block any particular person from posting anywhere they like, but comments must respect the intent of the site. Audiophile Neuroscience, MrUnderhill, Teresa and 4 others 4 3 Main System: QNAP TS-451+ NAS > Silent Angel Bonn N8 > Sonore opticalModule Deluxe v2 > Corning SMF with Finisar FTLF1318P3BTL SFPs > Uptone EtherREGEN > exaSound PlayPoint and e32 Mk-II DAC > Meitner MTR-101 Plus monoblocks > Bamberg S5-MTM sealed standmount speakers. Crown XLi 1500 powering AV123 Rocket UFW10 stereo subwoofers Upgraded power on all switches, renderer and DAC. Link to comment
Popular Post audiobomber Posted March 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2020 21 hours ago, garrardguy60 said: I believe a big reason for the unwelcome commenting behaviors is that people with technical backgrounds find it literally impossible to relate to the profound scientific ignorance [frequently coupled with innumeracy] of the average person. There are a number of things that bother me about the above. The idea that objectivists have a deeper scientific or engineering background than subjectivists is as useless as any stereotype. - Most of the people who design audiophile gear have solid technical backgrounds - Plenty of subjectivists have relevant technical backgrounds - Plenty of objectivists have no relevant technical training, they just relate to faulty objectivist thinking, i.e. black and white, no grey - An engineering background is not a qualification for judging musical enjoyment sandyk, darkmass, Audiophile Neuroscience and 4 others 7 Main System: QNAP TS-451+ NAS > Silent Angel Bonn N8 > Sonore opticalModule Deluxe v2 > Corning SMF with Finisar FTLF1318P3BTL SFPs > Uptone EtherREGEN > exaSound PlayPoint and e32 Mk-II DAC > Meitner MTR-101 Plus monoblocks > Bamberg S5-MTM sealed standmount speakers. Crown XLi 1500 powering AV123 Rocket UFW10 stereo subwoofers Upgraded power on all switches, renderer and DAC. Link to comment
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