«40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!»

He is wrong about a few things.

The 'bullsh' 'cheap' headphones actually sound pretty good these days. I am shocked by what I hear from a cheap pair of  hifiman headphones these days.

My area has lots of 'younger' hometheater dudes, diy'ing their subwoofers, room treatments and all that... very enthusiastic crowd,  the energy's all there....and guess what? Their stuff sounds pretty good, quite entertaining and it works for the different things they like to do, watching movies, listening to 'young people' music, playing 'call of duty', etc.

Why would they want to deal with some monster one trick pony hifi rig that doesn't even sound all that good...

It's a cultural shift. Hifi 'purism' killed it all, imo.... Deal with it.

I go to this mom/pop Thai restaurant. Mom/pop are constantly arguing/fighting the entire time grub’s made and it is cheap. Service is poor (eat a lot and get your ass going seems to be mom/pop’s motto). But, omg, the food’s amazing!! Filet mignon was always a huge fail in comparison. Some barbarian who had no idea of a spice or flavor profile ever in life cooks a chunk of meat and throws salt on it..he claims it’s ’high culture’ thereafter in his red poppy suit & tie, charges an arm and a leg....Fail

Fine Cabarnet?..Fail again.....Some Austin starlight vodka and some freshly squeezed...fresh...fresh...fresh...(Put it on the squeezer right in front of ya fresh) orange juice creates way more euphoria.

The filet mignon crap you got sold as high culture is a big letdown, in reality. Remember that.

(Doko bell is for the patriots, of course, manna from their gods).

In my experience you can’t make someone crave filet mignon and a fine Cabernet when they are happy with Taco Bell and Angry Orchard

@noromance I have a SME sitting in storage somewhere, donated to me by a friend when he passed away (it’s being retained in his memory)....but, i don’t use it because i’ve got Daniel Hertz Master Class, which takes my digital files straight back to the genesis... the sound of analog master tape when i want it.

Ah, I see that you’ve been botching up the pristine hires digital studio masters and pressing it on vinyl for xtra audiophile cred.

Nevertheless, could Levinson/Daniel Hertz’s master class software make me a real audiophile? What do you think?

@deep_333 Not sure why you’re making such a big deal explaining what fresh orange juice is. Anyhow, you’ve no turntables listed in your Virtual System, so you can’t be a real audiophile.

A lot of what the artist is trying to convey comes through in his/her music video. Most of it is on youtube. Watching music videos on youtube with a big rig is quite rewarding, one of my rigs has a htpc and a screen in the room for the same purpose.

The audio is compressed or what not on youtube, but, worthwhile anyways. My processor salvages it to some extent.

But I agree with Jay in the video about the lack of visual stimulation. I have tried to overcome that - many times at my place we watch high quality concert videos on the big screen, DJing through tracks just like an audio session. I run the audio through my Oppo BDP-105 so the sound is quite good. I also mix in a few comedy bits and such.