In Reply to: Reality can be painful -- that's why golden ears don't want reality posted by Richard BassNut Greene on January 15, 2004 at 11:14:14:
Richard:I'm sorry you have such issues with high-end audio. You must have had a bad experience once....
Have you ever thought about the completely fabricated claims and snake oil of the mass market audio manufacturers?
Perfect Sound Forever -- so what the Hell is SACD? I don't recall Sony saying, "we were kidding! THIS is perfect sound!"
Music Power - anyone remember this one? Once consumers decided they needed more power, the manufacturers invented ways to make things look bigger than they really were...
Ranges of amplifiers that went from 25W, to 40W, to 60W to 80W to 100W. Did they tell the consumer there was less than 2dB loudness difference up each step? Hell, no! Let's make 'em think that 100W is twice as loud as 50W!
Volume controls marked in dB, or with -xx numbers around them, even though they don't work that way...
Oh, and pots with steps so they feels precise, even though there is 10% matching between channels.....
Large enclosures with chrome fronts and nothing inside....
"It must sound good because it has 0.002% THD....." (even though we know it doesn't sound good....)
These things are ALL designed to create the impression that the consumer has bought something substantial and high-performance, even though the sound quality may SUCK!
Don't get me starting on the auto industry.....
Peter
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Follow Ups
- You've got the wrong villains - Commuteman 12:28:47 01/15/04 (32)
- Re: You've got the wrong villains - middleground 07:21:19 01/16/04 (7)
- It's not a case of 2 wrongs... - Commuteman 10:27:54 01/16/04 (6)
- Re: It's not a case of 2 wrongs... - middleground 13:25:28 01/16/04 (5)
- and... - Commuteman 14:41:10 01/16/04 (4)
- Re: and... - middleground 18:47:39 01/19/04 (2)
- Your post suggestions the analogy was perfect... - Commuteman 10:33:41 01/20/04 (1)
- Car and tire analogies have nothing to do with audio - Richard BassNut Greene 10:41:12 01/20/04 (0)
- The Ferrari a ripoff. No question about it. Dealers ought to be jailed. nt - clarkjohnsen 00:27:02 01/17/04 (0)
- Thank you for agreeing with me and expanding on my point - Richard BassNut Greene 12:36:24 01/15/04 (23)
- I don't think we agree at all. - Commuteman 14:43:12 01/15/04 (2)
- Agree with me now ... it will save so much time - Richard BassNut Greene 10:41:34 01/16/04 (1)
- OK, I agree with (almost) everything in this post! - Commuteman 10:54:53 01/16/04 (0)
- Re: Thank you for agreeing with me and expanding on my point - Phil Tower 14:18:09 01/15/04 (19)
- You imply small "Mom & Pop" audio businesses are good ... and big corporations are bad ? - Richard BassNut Greene 10:13:27 01/16/04 (18)
- Re: You imply small "Mom & Pop" audio businesses are good ... and big corporations are bad ? - Phil Tower 11:22:23 01/16/04 (17)
- Another classic PCTower line ... - Richard BassNut Greene 13:06:51 01/17/04 (16)
- Re: Another classic PCTower line ... - Phil Tower 08:26:10 01/20/04 (15)
- You're drunk ... - Richard BassNut Greene 10:32:49 01/20/04 (14)
- Re: You're drunk ... - Phil Tower 11:07:56 01/20/04 (13)
- So life in Iraq is better than ever because you believe that is so and all reports from Iraq that disagree must be lies - Richard BassNut Greene 13:37:04 01/20/04 (12)
- Re: So life in Iraq is better than ever because you believe that is so and all reports from Iraq that disagree must be l - Phil Tower 14:44:54 01/20/04 (11)
- Don't let the absence of knowledge get in the way of your (jumping to) conclusions - Richard BassNut Greene 17:28:31 01/20/04 (10)
- And Richard, isn't it sad.... - Phil Tower 17:55:14 01/20/04 (2)
- Re: And Richard, isn't it sad.... - jneutron 09:00:33 01/21/04 (0)
- inspired dialog? ... or just two lunatics ranting and raving about everything? (nt) - Richard BassNut Greene 19:15:00 01/20/04 (0)
- Oh, and by the way... - Phil Tower 17:53:00 01/20/04 (2)
- Re: Oh, and by the way... - Richard BassNut Greene 18:48:26 01/20/04 (1)
- Re: Oh, and by the way... - Phil Tower 08:22:51 01/21/04 (0)
- Re: Don't let the absence of knowledge get in the way of your (jumping to) conclusions - Phil Tower 17:38:19 01/20/04 (3)
- you don't even know who conducted DBT's yet accuse them of "sloppy and wreckless science" (did you mean "reckless"?) - Richard BassNut Greene 19:10:06 01/20/04 (2)
- Re: you don't even know who conducted DBT's yet accuse them of "sloppy and wreckless science" (did you mean "reckless"? - Phil Tower 01:14:15 01/21/04 (1)
- Geez PC do I have to explain EVERYTHING to you ? - Richard BassNut Greene 09:09:58 01/21/04 (0)