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In Reply to: Do magazines sell snake oil? How about a NOT RECOMMENDED COMPONENTS LIST? posted by Don T on February 24, 2008 at 09:59:56:
For something to be recommend I think all it takes is a good experience by one person in one system. The notion being if works for one, it may work for others. In other words you are correct, it's valueless.
For a Not Recommended judgement however it would need to shown ineffective across a wide spectra of listeners and systems. But if folks were willing to go to that much work, the recommended list would itself have value. A truly recommendable component would be one that demonstrably is a strong performer in a wide range of systems as system independence is a good indication of thoughtful engineering.
But I do disagree with you conclusion: "It tells me that audiophiles in general crave snake oil.."
What it tells me is that people (a superset of audiophiles) in general crave easy, canned answers. Sadly, they are becoming even more dependent upon them with every hour they spend watching TV.
Regards, Rick
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Follow Ups
- How would one do that? - rick_m 10:39:27 02/24/08 (2)
- RE: How would one do that? - Don T 21:10:15 02/24/08 (0)
- "What it tells me is that people... in general crave easy, canned answers." There you have it! nt - clarkjohnsen 12:33:18 02/24/08 (0)
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