"Steven Sullivan" wrote in message
Stereophile got loonier in the wake of 'The Absolute
Sound', which set the loony standard.
Agreed. I'm ashamed to admit that I had to invent ABX to wrest my mind free
from TAS's fatal grip.
http://stereophile.com/asweseeit/1107awsi/
I liked this bit of curmudgeonliness.
"JA:Judging by online forums and by the e-mail I receive,
there are currently three areas of passion for
audiophiles: vinyl playback, headphone listening, and
music servers. Are you surprised by this?
JGH: I find them all boring, but nothing surprises me any
more. "
Other than headphone listening, none of them are about improving sonic
accuracy. And headphone listening is too limited.