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RE: Hear! Hear! RE: It's the text, stupid

Posted by stehno on November 20, 2017 at 18:37:10:
Thanks, Archimago. It's much appreciated.

There's far more going on here regarding MQA than meets the eye. In fact, I have every reason to suspect the following:

1. That many of us in this hobby lack solid listening skills anymore. As such, that makes "high-end" audio very vulnerable to anybody wanting to make a buck or continue a certain lifestyle.

2. That many who care about real audio performance got lazy and stupid years ago and stopped holding those in postions of influence accountable for their actions / words.

3. That those in positions of influence got lazy and stupid and especially arrogant and thought nothing about trying to pull the wool over the dumbed-down masses with their outlandish performance claims of MQA. And they were certainly arrogant enough to think they'd never be held accountable for their words.

For example. Look at Atkinson's claims on the Vandersteen 7A speakers he heard at CES 2014 when he claimed the speakers (and nothing else) was "musically perfect..., across the board." And nobody batted an eye. Sure enough Vandersteen used Atkinson's endorsement in his advertisements and about 9 month later when I got wind of that endorsement in this forum I called Atkinson out and even accused him of eating his favorite ice cream when auditioning the Vandersteens and he pretty much ignored my questions then. Perhaps it was just coincidence but I thought I noticed within a few months after that, that Atkinson's endorsements were no longer in the Vandersteen 7A advertisements. And to this day as illustrated in numerous threads below, Atkinson still refuses to address my questions to him on his outlandish endorsement of the 7A's and even called me a troll.

Some of us know "high-end" audio has been in seriously floundering for years, even decades. And I would attest that it's first and foremost because:

1. So many of us lack basic listening skills and we entrust performance to those in positions of influence.

2. Many of those in positions of influence lack basic listening skills and count on the fact that most of their readers do too.

And if I'm even close to being accurate here, then that creates an environment where those in positions of influence can get away with almost anything without fear of ever being held accountable.

And I think the best proof and evidence that my speculations are true, are the outlandish and crazed Stereophile and The Absolute Sound endorsements for MQA and just one of many other examples are Atkinson's outlandish and crazed endorsement for the Vandersteen 7A speakers.

BTW, I checked out your website and it seems rather thoughtful from what seen thus far. I perceive tho art an audio animal. :)