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It's been too damn sleepy in here lately. So I bring forth....
The Spendor Harbeth Manifesto:
The opinions and views here put forth reflect no one's but MY OWN:
1) There is no “better”:
Solid State, Tube, Electrostatic, Horn, Cone, Active, Ported, Sealed, Ribbon, Vinyl, CD, Silver, Copper, etc all are valid.
It’s what you prefer.
2) If you have not heard a component, speaker, cable, or tweak…you DON’T have an opinion.
3) Some general observations about Audiophiles
a) They talk a lot. A lot. And they love to disagree.
b) They often like the sound their equipment makes, rather than music.
c) Many shun live rock, pop, or jazz because of “bad sounding” PA systems.
d) They love to obsess about specs. They love to listen to specs.
Audiophile: “I just downloaded a killer 192Khz/24 bit album from XYZ.com…!” Co worker: ”How is the music?” Audiophile: “Huh?” Who cares, it’s High Resolution!”.
e) They love to have opinions on OTHER people’s systems and rooms.
Some absolutely true encounters:
One audiophile listening for exactly 30 seconds to my system then bellowing…”Yeh, boy have you got some room and set up problems!”….
One audiophile giving me a lecture on what type of fibers should be in the carpet in front of my system.
One audiophile telling me that If I don’t have my cables elevated with expensive contraptions that reduce “cable/carpet interaction” I was an idiot.
4) Some general observations about the audio press and critics:
a) Unfortunately, they don’t make money from subscriptions, hence reader not always served. Mostly, but not always.
b) Critics inject way too much of their personal idiosyncrocies into reviews. In my personal opinion, they should review a products in the mindset of the prospective buyer.
c) The audio press is generally populated by middle aged (plus) white males. It is what it is, I just think a more diverse spread would be interesting to get different points of view.
Bad Things Audiophiles have brought upon us:
1) Audiophile recordings.
2) Expensive, sonically inconsequential tweaks. No, I don’t mean power cords and isolation devices.
3) Children deprived of college tuition money.
4) Wives with no vacations.
Enjoy, and feel free to add anything I left out.
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