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ScottW wrote:
On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:44:52 AM UTC-7, Audio_Empire wrote:
I don't know what kind of high-end stores you've been exposed to, but
the ones with which I'm familiar were enthusiast owned and run, and
didn't have "hovering salesmen". They were there if needed, but if an
audiophile gab-fest were under way, 9 times out of 10 they were right in
the thick of it.
There seems to be a trend toward appointment only outlets.
I suspect this is largely driven by the lack of sufficient business to
support a full-time staff.
The few "gab-fests" I've overheard usually don't last long before someone
declares that most audiophiles can't or won't hear what is plain as day.
ScottW
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I'm often very surprised by the number of so-called audiophiles who have
never bothered to train "their ears" to HEAR audio. Our ears can be
great tools for evaluating audio performance. Of course, the "ear'" is
also subject to subconscious bias as well, and one must also train their
hearing against falling into that trap. It can be done, but not 100%, so
one should check their findings against some kind of bias-controlled
testing procedure. There are also some rules of thumb:
The main thing that thing one must take into account when training one's
ears to "hear" hi-fi is to be used to hearing live, unamplified music
and hear it often. You can't hear what a piece of equipment is doing
either right or wrong if you don't know what music is SUPPOSED to sound
like. If there is a such thing as a "golden eared audiophile" it is one
who has trained himself to listen critically, by knowing what differs
from real in reproduced music and who can quantify, in his own mind what
those difference are.
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