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In Reply to: Audiophile: JA shut you down in Critics.... posted by Sordidman on April 28, 2006 at 18:15:48:
... which is tough to do when tapdancing around the myth that all audio components sound different and Stereophile writers can hear the differences.My reply today at Critics makes it clear that a "golden ear" who reports his blind test results, as JA did ... is probably going to be shooting himself in the foot.
Most audiophiles claim to hear differences among components only when they know the brand/model in use. Isn't that interesting?
Audio equipment is a tool.
An audiophile loves music, not tools.
If you're thinking about the sound quality, then you are evaluating the equipment. Listening to music means you focus on the music and forget about the audio equipment -- it's good enough for today.
My comments were intended to question whether the original poster was mistaking room differences for equipment differences (not so, it now seems) or allowing sound quality concerns to overwhelm his enjoyment of music (no stereo is perfect).
'Having his head examined' refers to self-examination of his attitude about his audio equipment -- he seemed to be very negative.
Of course that advice was clearly WAY over YOUR head!
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Follow Ups
- Actually JA shot himself in the foot by revealing his blind test experiences - Richard BassNut Greene 10:06:38 05/01/06 (4)
- Nope, he related experiences - Sordidman 11:47:32 05/01/06 (3)
- Experiences that completely fail to suport the "Audio Myth" (all components sound different) - Richard BassNut Greene 13:44:23 05/01/06 (2)
- Aposteriori experience is not the same as "belief" - Sordidman 15:35:25 05/01/06 (1)
- You left out the quantifier . . . - Pat D 08:10:04 05/18/06 (0)
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