Post by JulfIndeed. And the fact that the mainstream audiophile publications and
forums are not jumping on this stuff is really the most telling part. If
this is what the audiophile community refers to when talking about
"keeping an open mind", then why should we think all their other claims
are not just as much foo? Or in other words - if the audiophile
community really was about facts rather than faith, why aren't they
loudly condemning extreme foo like this? I guess we all know the
answer...
And the answer is: MONEY (as in advertising revenue)
By the way I agree with your point about if nonsense like the Machina
Dynamica line of snake oil is not directly called out as pure garbage
(which is not since basically the high end audio magazines and web sites
neither condemn nor recommend these fringe products because they can
then "hide" behind their silence with statements like "we don't
recommend these products, we just try to keep an open mind") then where
does one draw the line separating nonsense from reality.
So is that new ultimate CD player really "revolutionary" is that just
more audiophile hype? Does one USB cable really make a "night and day"
improvement to the sound or is that just more audiophile hype?
When the audiophile gurus play fast and loose with the boundaries
between real science and science fiction it give people and audiophiles
with a normal amount of healthy skepticism little choice but to throw
everything that these gurus say or write onto the worthless garbage
pile.
Of course the standard counter argument is that everything is possible.
Yeah sure everything is possible but that doesn't mean that I'm going to
run out and buy yards and yards of garlic garland to hang over my
windows and doors to ward off those nasty vampires. Despite everything
being possible (and vampires existing is just one of many, many
"possibilities"), vampires don't exist, just like the Easter bunny told
me.
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