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In Reply to: Why such negative vibes on B&W's posted by bmullin on July 23, 2002 at 10:07:38:
at least that's what i believe. anything that is popular loses its "cachet" and so they would want no business getting mixed up with that. Look at the damn (pretentious) name they give those speakers (and associated equip.) and you'll realize they scream esoteric...and so they are priced to be kept upthere. BW, paradigm, and others will be held low in the eyes of many audiophiles, eventhough they perform at similar or better level than those esoteric speakers.
Fact is, those fancy speakers DO sound better...but only to the ears of the audiophiles whose very exclusive equipment generates a positive attitude. They know it so, occasionally, they will come down on fancy speakers as validation of their objectivity or refutation of their bias. Wilson's and Bose reside at both end of the spectrum but both, generally, suffer the same contempt.
BWs are somewhat up the curve but being more popular, thus more scrutinized, will encounter a higher rate of negative criticism.At the end of the day many including myself are guilty of this but remember...they DO sound better (the marvels of the placebo effect and self delusion...hey, they don't call this board the asylum for nothing :) ).
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- audiophiles are allergic to popular speakers... - Nano 16:25:43 07/23/02 (0)
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