Washington Post article on MoFi vs. Fremer vs. Esposito


Here's a link to a Washington Post article on the recent dustup with MoFi. The comments section (including posts by Michael Fremer) are interesting.

Disclaimer: This is a "public service announcement, a point Im adding since some forum members complained the last article I referenced here was "paywall protected", I'll note that, for those who are non-subscribers, free access to limited numbers of articles is available by registering (trade-off: The Post will deluge you with subscription offers)

kacomess

How many times does some "scientist" have to come up with an article debunking wine tasters? Are there that many who were wounded by one earlier in their life?

Here's a more relevant article that doesn't demean wine tasters by just another parlor trick. And here's another. Of the thousands of possible genetic combinations for taste and smell, each individual only uses about 300 or so, making everyone as unique as a fingerprint when using those senses.

So yes, absolutely, there are those with talented tongues and noses, and yes, they can taste and appreciate the differences. The rest of us have to learn to taste and smell past what we can't and super concentrate on what we can coupled with the memories of past tastings. 

That's why there are always those outliers who aren't fooled by the parlor tricks yet they're never mentioned, for some strange reason. And, once in a great while, they are, but that doesn't negate their whole body of experience and expertise. Nothing like people falling for the old, "gotcha".

All the best,
Nonoise

Wow!  Deciet, dishonesty,  misrepresentation. The non-authentic records should be replaced by a real tape master copy. Premium prices were paid.

Well I dont think that stating the obvious that we are lied to on a regular basis changes things one iota. Some sort of weird relativism at work evidently. 

Let the market decide if MoFi goes out of business. I will never buy another MoFi product and this will be the end of my involvement. 

Tomcy6 am I missing something or are you expressing the precise attitude I mentioned earlier? 

Well I dont think that stating the obvious that we are lied to on a regular basis changes things one iota. Some sort of weird relativism at work evidently. 

From my earlier post:

I think that most people agree that MoFi did a real bad thing and I think that people have a valid reason to be angry with MoFi. I think that a little perspective is needed, though. 

That's all I was saying.  Be angry but don't lose your mind.  And yes, I wish that people would save their outrage for things that really matter.  

As if, within each of us, exists a limited amount of anger which when directed towards things that dont really matter will diminish what we have left for things that do. I am not being snide and I hope you see my point. .