In Reply to: We're not that far apart but we do disagree. posted by soulfood on February 11, 2006 at 10:36:28:
>>If many, if not a majority of us are "others", how do you
>>reconcile that? Do you think they have the audacity to consider us
>>as "the others"?Well I'm assuming you are one who builds his audio system around some sonic priority as opposed to around branding, prestige or conspicuous consumption. And if this is true the others are not us. And what they think has no relevance whatsoever to us nor do the efforts made to pander to them.
If my assumption above is correct we do not disagree - it's more a matter of how we chose to internalize the reality. Explaining it and understanding it seems enough to make you content. But for me, the reality, represents exploitation based on a betrayal.
>>The point is, we can make it an issue for debate but "to explain
>>why an audiophile magazine no longer caters to audiophiles." is
>>pointless in a practical sense.A debate is pointless - it's my opinion and I don't feel compelled to try to convince others who haven't arrived at the same conclusion on their own - most audiophiles without somekind of industry affiliation will get there soon enough.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
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- Re: We're not that far apart but we do disagree. - Don T 22:44:11 02/11/06 (1)
- Of course we belong to the same time/space continuum. :^) - soulfood 06:04:43 02/12/06 (0)