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[vmartell22]

18 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

How does one validate an opinion that something sounds fantastic or terrible?

 

AHH - Pages and pages of  discussion... Opposing sites, many flame wars... THIS IS THE CRUX OF THE BISCUIT (to quote Frank Zappa)

 

IMHO -  Hasn't been done. Very hard to do without the rigor that such a thing requires.  It remains an opinion.

 

You hit it right int he head.

 

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[vmartell22]

16 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

I'm not banning you even though you insinuate that I'm on the take, without any evidence, and leave disparaging remarks about me. Not that big of a deal to me. 

 

I just think you'd be in heaven over at ASR reveling in the schadenfreude disguised as science. 

 

Have to chime in - schadenfreude is an emotion. Science is  a systematic approach to knowledge. Totally valid to use science to uncover knowledge/facts to feed the schadenfreude. In fact is useful.  Not saying that  schadenfreude is good, but if measurements show that there is no difference between a $10K dac and a $100 one, there will be schadenfreude about the peep that spent the $10K - specially if he (and will be a he) equates economic ability with superior hearing, or worse, taste or even worse, goodness...  so yes, schadenfreude thru science... not disguised, a tool for schadenfreude... that said, it is IMHO not OK to get joy from the pain of others... 

 

That said I applaud you letting such completely opposing views be included in your site.

 

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[vmartell22]

I like Amir's YouTube Channel - is very informative and interesting.

 

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