Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles?

rauliruegas

.... If I read or hear something stupid several times writed by the same gentleman/person my brain tells me that he lives in the stupidity land and I can tell him why he is an stupid one in an specific audio subject and for me this is not an attack.

Raul, I know that English is not your native language, and it can be a struggle even for those for whom it is. So it is with politeness and courtesy that I tell you that using the word "stupid" towards another is indeed an attack. I understand that you may not intend it that way, but there's really no other way for a native speaker of English to interpret the remark.

mijostyn

... For those of you who do not like a spirited discussion I suggest you take up needle work. If it were not for Cleeds I would not be having any fun.

Another option is to alert the moderators to abusive forum users. That way those who want to actually discuss audio and music here can do so.

I think everyone should be welcome here and also treated with a modicum of respect. It’s sad that any user would come here to have "fun" while doxing and degrading others, or argue that some people are not "worthy" of participating.

sokogear

Turntables deliver infinite significant digits of information.

No, they don't. That's why they're bandwidth-limited and have finite frequency response, dynamic range, and s/n.

I'm an analog guy at heart. But the notion that it is "continuous" or "infinite" while digital is sliced into a lot of little pieces is mistaken and easily shown to be false.

There's enough "us vs. them" already in this world, so I think anyone who considers himself an audiophile should be welcome into our little club.