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RE: Huh?

"They don't despise the concept or audiophiles-if anything, they are ignorant of them."

Really? Ever been to CNET recently? Arstechnia? Slashdot? We are audiophools to them, and everything even remotely connected to our world is derided as audiophoolery. Even B&W MM1s are dismissed as expensive nonsense.

Are you really arguing that high-end audio is not considered decadent? Please answer, citing all those $100,000+ loudspeakers everyone gets hot under the collar about. Every other post here seems to be calling out high-end's low moral standards, pimping itself to the highest bidder, forgetting that we used to be the highest bidder.

If you've spent your life buying mainstream equipment then yes, 'we' is not 'you'.

Of course, rather than admit we can't play with the big boys anymore, it's easier to say that we didn't like that game anyway. It's why Peter Azcel has become the poster ancient for the new-audio-objectivist movement. He was a subjective turncoat before it was fashionable.


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  • RE: Huh? - Gag Halfrunt 06:28:07 03/28/12 (1)
    • RE: Huh? - Jack G 10:07:26 03/28/12 (0)

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