Audiophiles are Full of C***

[abacus]

Here's one person opinion.

Bill

 

[RoA]

There's a lot of angst and paranoia in audiophilia for sure.

I did not watch the vlog as I don't like him.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Is it backed up by repeatable scientific evidence?

 

[Gel Man]

I know I like my speakers and amp because I demoed them a lot before buying them at a local home cinema shop, but I don’t care particularly much for other speakers or amps, so what does that make me?

 

[jjbomber]

I know I like my speakers and amp because I demoed them a lot before buying them at a local home cinema shop, but I don’t care particularly much for other speakers or amps, so what does that make me?

Sensible! Always do what's best for you. not anybody else!

 

[Gel Man]

Sensible! Always do what's best for you. not anybody else!

Thanks JJBomber my old friend. 👍

 

[AJM1981]

The only audiophile thing for me to do is killing the heaviest of reverb to a subjective 80 or 90% and create a cozy room that would be ok for a good regular conversation (curtains, carpet blabla). Then just anything goes.

I prefer these kinds of rooms and (let's exagerrate) someone's soundbar over a reverb chamber with an expensive stereo setup.

 

[record_spot]

There's been a proliferation of golden eared nonsense over the years, but thankfully that seems to have balanced out over recent years.

I still find the notion of £10,000 for a metre long cable is abject nonsense, but beyond that, my only tweakery is moving my speakers every now and then when new gear comes in. When the NAD amp was introduced the other week, I needed to move the AVI actives, and moreso when the Mordaunt Short MS10i pair arrived. And that's about it. I don't usually mess around with anything else.

The major downside of all of the nonsense is it often drowns out the good stuff that's talked about in the hobby.