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[satkinsn]

Doesn't look like this has been noted so far - Kirk McElhearn, who
writes for MacWorld and a few other places - has posted a series of
articles on the claims audiophile magazines make about cables. You can
find them all currently on the front page of his web site, 'Kirkville'
(http://www.mcelhearn.com/).

s.


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[ralphpnj]

Post by satkinsn
Doesn't look like this has been noted so far - Kirk McElhearn, who
writes for MacWorld and a few other places - has posted a series of
articles on the claims audiophile magazines make about cables. You can
find them all currently on the front page of his web site, 'Kirkville'
(http://www.mcelhearn.com/).
s.

Kirk is now an honorary member of the Squeezebox Forum Audiophile
Section Naysayers. A good read and very reassuring. Now if only the tech
crowd would follow the same principles when reviewing the latest tech
equipment. For example check out this piece of complete fluff -
http://www.eweek.com/pc-hardware/slideshows/my-mac-pro-10-reasons-it-was-a-smart-purchase-decision.html/?kc=EWKLABNL03192014STR1&dni=113138310&rni=22086042
- makes one wonder if the author is fishing for a "free" computer from
Apple.

And on a related note, some of the real juicy bits were in the What

Post by satkinsn
I'd also like to state that my opinions have absolutely nothing to do
with advertising revenue or the cable manufacturers themselves (despite
what some people would want to believe). I didn't mention any
manufacturers for that very reason.

But I guess that a reader gullible enough to believe that expensive
digital cables "sound" better than less expensive digital cables will
also believe the above quoted nonsense.



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[Archimago]

Nice! Interesting blog...

Impressed that in the UK at least, there's some demand for accuracy and
the UK Advertising Authority is calling on a ban of Sony's "stair
stepped" ad :-)
http://www.mcelhearn.com/sonys-web-content-claiming-high-resolution-music-sounds-better-than-cds-banned-in-uk-for-false-claims/



Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective'
audiophile blog.
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[JJZolx]

Good work. Looks like your troll bagged the two biggest fish in the pond
straight off. I wish I had even half that much luck when I go angling
for suckers, but the fish here aren't nearly as dumb.


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