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In Reply to: Re: The opposite of blind acceptance is blind rejection, posted by thetubeguy1954 on January 24, 2007 at 11:19:32:
You state "I have a hard time excepting Marigo Dots or Acoustic Resonaters due to their exorbitant prices for a little wood and metal."I am not being facetious when I say assume you meant "accepting" the Marigo Dots or Acoustic Resonators? If so, like you, I try to be open minded (knowing we cannot measure everything but that not be able to measure doesn't mean it doesn't make a difference) but also realize there may be ridiculous extremes and true snake oil out there in good old audio tweak land.
That said, I don't believe your above statement is logical or what you may have really meant to say. Yes, it may be hard to imagine that a dot or a small Acoustic Resonator can make a noticeable audio improvement, but what does the price have to do with that? It appears from your original post that your skepticism is about the concept itself? Or, are you just appalled at the price they are charging for the intrinsic value of the product?
Myself, with repsect to the Acoustic Resonator concept, I am open minded about them but still have that lingering Doubting Thomas attitude that something that small can make that big of a difference. However, I witnessed myself a demonstration at CES a couple years ago where the designer treated a room with these things and the difference was very easy to hear and heard by everyone in the room - and yet I am STILL not sure why they did what they did or that I can fully believe it.
HOWEVER, I still cannot get over the prices - but that's just me and that is a separate issue from whether they work or not. Yes, I can make the argument for expensive cables, interconnects, room treatments or even resonators that, if I were blind and someone told me they could improve my sound for $3,000, I wouldn't care if that improvement came from a big heavy amplifier, a cable or a resonator as long as I could justify the cost for the given sonic improvement. I suspect though that may of us don't like feeling like we are suckers for paying $3,000 for something that looks like it should cost $3.00 (and then trying to justify it to anyone looking at us like we have a screw loose). Myself, I don't give a rat's derierre what anyone thinks of my spending as long as I'm happy, paying my bills and not being a totally self-centered jerk. I am a skeptic by nature and have been gladly proven wrong on many occasions and, conversely, have had high hopes for audio products and couldn't hear a lick of a difference. Then again, maybe I'm just deaf and ignornant and living in bliss.
Frank P
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Follow Ups
- Re: The opposite of blind acceptance is blind rejection, - Frank P 11:45:17 01/30/07 (5)
- And a good natured skeptic at that... - Wellfed 17:17:29 01/30/07 (4)
- PS - Frank P 07:31:40 01/31/07 (1)
- So many thoughts... - Wellfed 07:42:46 01/31/07 (0)
- Thanks Wellfed . . . - Frank P 06:13:08 01/31/07 (1)
- You're welcome... - Wellfed 07:41:15 01/31/07 (0)
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