Darko nailed it. 12 examples of wishful thinking in the hi-fi community

Glad you all are enjoying this. 

Hey freediver... I'm in my eighties with tinnitus for 60 years and will take that listening challenge.

It's not that you can't hear the difference, it's that you've already decided and so the difference to you is too small to care about.  To me the differences are typically here and there in the music and absolutely thrilling.  It's what I love about this hobby.

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Kinda lame. But this one is objectively false.

"This more affordable product competes with other products selling for 2x or 3x the price"

I'm not talking about comparing some speaker you bought at Walmart, but most $2000 speakers will normally sound just as good as $20,000 speakers in terms of sound quality. Exceptions are the exception, not the norm.

What adds the most value to your HiFi experience is how much you enjoy yourself. 

If the end goal is great sound, that can be found on a small radio if one is listening intently.  The brain can fill in so much. 

I get it... we want to be bathed in sound.  I feel the same way.  But if one cannot allow oneself to let go and enjoy the music in however it presents itself, then no matter the system it will always ring hollow. 

With love, a fellow audio yeti. 

I’m certain that anyone who minimizes the differences in how gear sounds, refuses to get their hearing checked. Because, if they did, the results would dictate the need for them to sit down and shut up. Their egos won’t allow that. 

having perfect pitch made it hell on me during the analog years, so many turntables and tape decks that were off-pitch. and many audio repairmen would resist fixing ’em unless the speed deviation was over 5%. 

Meh.

I am totally not on board with 2, 5, 7, and 8. Some of the others are questionable.

He sounds like a blow-hard, if you ask me. Anyone who comes up with an agenda like that and then says "take it or leave it", is a bit of a contemptuous person, imho but maybe that's me.

Can anyone do a quick recap list of the 12 things for those of us who listen to music instead of watching Youtube?

@jond Jon, it's a print article.  Enjoy!

I would add:

13. Buying a well-reviewed product by a reviewer you admire will be a perfect fit for system.