Is it a sign of the times, a current fashion, the next new thing, to start a thread that provokes? I'm so glad I'm from an earlier generation.
All the best,
Nonoise
All the best,
Nonoise
What is wrong with Audiophiles?
Well, many issues. The pursuit after uber-expensive interconnects, speaker cables, power conditioners, power cables can be rediculous. Not to mention Audiophiles who paint the outer sides of their CD's with a green marker. A few days ago I visited a local hi-fi exhibition in Israel. Two of the most impressive rooms where the YG Acoustics with an all NAGRA amplification and the Focal room. The speaker cables in the first room cost $70,000. That was also the cost of the speaker cable in the Focal room. One could buy a BMW or a Merc AMG or a Porsche for that much money. Does this make sense to you? And, lest I forget, I have an Audiophile neighbor in the building where I live. I offered him to borrow a CD of an Israeli singer that I admire. How is the quality of the recording, he asked. "average", I answered. "No, I can't listen to average recordings", he replied. I call that "Audiophilia neurosis".
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11-17-2019 7:02pmRight. Which means the Audiophiles have spent all their money on cables, that they have no money left to buy any music, or even be able to afford Spotify 🙄This is so true. The other day I saw an audiophile begging on the street who spent all his money on cables and had no money left for food or anything. He had a sign that read WILL WORK FOR TUBES Audiophiles, they have zero sense. |
yuvalg9 OP I have an Audiophile neighbor in the building where I live. I offered him to borrow a CD of an Israeli singer that I admire. How is the quality of the recording, he asked. "average", I answered. "No, I can’t listen to average recordings", he replied. I call that "Audiophilia neurosis". >>>>I offered a friend a glass of $10 wine 🍷 and he replied, “I can’t drink cheap wine, only wine that costs $100.” I call that wine-tasters’ neurosis. |
boxer1+1 Teo BTW, I "paint" the edges of my cd’s green. Costs almost nothing (I use a magic marker) & increases clarity. I’ve oft mentioned the Green marker only addresses part of the problem. Only about 25% of the scattered light is visible red 🚨 light. The rest is invisible infrared. That’s because the CD Laser wavelength is 780 nm, infrared. So, you can see the advantage of something that can absorb ALL of the scattered light including infrared, no? |
I'm still thinking about the 70K speaker cables....Yikes!!! Considering that a 70K BMW has thousands upon thousands of parts and the speaker cable is a wire with a Zobel network or similar imbedded in it. I will bet the manufacturers cost is less than 3K on the cable and the rest is pure greed. We audiophiles are such suckers. I can hear the dealer now, "you are spending 750K for the system, whats another 70K?" That is where most of the profit is!!! |
Yuvalg9 , in this hobby you will meet different kinds of audiophile, don’t be bother by the price, anyone who can afford it they will have it, as simple as that, I agree some won’t listen with poor or average recordings that’s their choice, I Have attended many Axpona show, to my surprise many expensive set ups did not even involved me, but they sound good though but not musical enough ,we audiophiles are fine, we just like to tweak, hopefully enjoy the music |
one should not take one extreme...rail against it...call it a norm... and display yourself to be virtuously elevated - as a comparison. As that would be.... extremist and..well..designed from the ground up to create problems for yourself and everyone else. So, the point here, as threads go....is?? I do understand where you are coming from.. and I think that, if the story and slant is accurate, then, well, the person might have different priorities than me..and....that might be a gentle way of saying it. to relate..but..de-escalate. |