What is wrong with Audiophiles?
True. And in a scientific study conducted from Audio Science Forums recently, 56.67% of the current prison population for sentences related to robbery of gas stations and Seven Eleven stores, identified themselves as audiophiles having spent all their money on cables. Further, it was confirmed that study was conducted blind, in a controlled ABX environment spanning a statistically meaningful sample of the US prison population |
atdavid404 posts11-19-2019 11:52amI prefer my anonymity here, as I do consulting work in the industry, (but sell no products in this industry). My insurance (likely yours too) also specifically recommended against it. It was your choice to show off your system. I have no such need for validation or confirmation. It would change not one iota the validity of what I post (or don't post). If you need a point of reference, when we last did our basement reno, I installed a dedicated theater/listening room. In addition to the basic room construction costs, there is about $8-10K of materials for acoustic treatment, emphasis on materials, as most of the acoustics are built into the structure, which looks better, and gives you better value as you are not buying finished products. All the acoustics was planned as part of the project so it was optimized, though we did some tweaking before locking down the finishing. Outstanding! and I mean it. That's certainly the right way to do it. As for the insurance part, since you are in industry in consulting capacity, I agree with you, gotta be careful. I am not an industry participant, just a hobbyist, so there is no such thing as insurance for me. Are you sure you are not Ethan Winer? By far the majority of our impressions of imaging and sound-stage are the speaker/room interaction (within limits of the recording), so if you don't have that right, no $ value of electronics is going to fix it. Agreed. Again. Kudos to you that have the means and the cash to do what you did. I make due with what I have. Maybe one day I buy a new house, and build a dedicated listening rooms with all bells and whistles. |
So what is your purpose in life @atdavid ? Just to correct your friends? I have only seen negative comments from you in here.... this is crap, snake oil, placebo, does not do anything, and so on. Which is great, you are saving the phools their money. But what do you suggest instead? What is your own system? |
Not sure I understand your statement. And not sure why you dodging my repeated questions. So let's try again: What is your system? What do you recommend? As a good teacher you make yourself to be, what are your recommendations (pick any components, speakers, amp, DAC, you name it)? Do you have anything to add to Audio forums other than what is snake oil? |
glupson2,946 posts11-19-2019 9:00amThanks. What show was that? In New York, or DC? Let me know which one, and I can tell you exactly what it was. Honestly, I have only used the touch screen early when I got it, to set things up. In the normal course of use, I simply use the remote control. |
I am also not 12 years old, so I don’t play this "mine is bigger than yours" game. Grow up. How about writing posts here that show that you have any useful knowledge that makes your posts at all relevant, instead of just using ad-hominems to attack others.I was simply asking you a question. And I have yet to hear an answer. What exactly are you teaching me? And when / how did I ever launch any ad-hominems attack to you? Perhaps you should look at the mirror: I will continually make fun of the shoe-box you have for a dedicated listening room So again, I’ll say: show me your room? Mine is posted here, for all to see, good or bad. How about you? |
