Critic's Corner

Posted by Charles Hansen (M) on November 04, 2017 at 20:12:35

In Reply to: RE: What might be a mistake to you could be a way of life for Atkinson, et al posted by ornery on November 04, 2017 at 19:49:03

>> Once again, I'm sure that there are people that hear things that I don't. I don't know how to tell the difference between those that really do and those that only pretend to without some sort of proof. <<

Why do you care what others think?

With regards to wine, I am in exactly the same position that you are to audio. I can tell the difference between a $200 bottle of wine and a $5 bottle of wine. I can tell differences between various wines all at around the same price (say $20 a bottle). But it's just not that important to me. I don't drink that much wine, and when I drank more I would just find something I liked would buy it again. Unfortunately unlike audio products, what was a good product last year may be a bad product this year. So it is something of a moving target.

If you are happy with the sound of your audio system, why do you care what anybody else thinks about it? If there are magazines and websites devoted to the subjective evaluation of these products, why do you care who is "right" and who is "wrong"? I just don't get it.

It's like I always say, if you are happy with the sound of lossy compressed music files played back on some kind of "smart" phone, count your blessings and save your money for something you enjoy, like travel or some hobby or donating money to a worthy charity.

Edits: 11/04/17