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Once upon a midnight clear....
On Jan 7, 4:55*pm, Jenn wrote:
In article , Here's a clue, Howard: *Most people who like listening to their audio systems and to music haven't, never will, and don't care to.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Good point, at least as it relates to people like you. This is one reason (not the only one, but at least one of the reasons) the hobby has declined into the muddle it is today. There are two kinds of primary embracers of the hobby as it now exists. (1) The kind who go to Best Buy with a small budget, buy some packaged gear, take it home and enjoy it in blissful ignorance. I actually admire people like that. (2) The kind who go to an audio salon with big bucks in hand and purchase items that look good, sound maybe decent, and which were possibly praised in some lunatic-fringe magazine report. For people like this, audio is almost a religious experience that demands as little rational behavior as possible. Neither (1) nor (2) has any interest in understanding just why the gear they have is good (or possibly not so good), with the underlying motivation based upon blissful ignorance.The first group has many other things on their minds than audio, and their lack of interest in the details is actually quite normal. Sometimes blissful ignorance is a good thing. On the other hand, the second group continues to baffle me, because so many of them spend large percentages of their respective net worths on audio gear, and yet do not take the time to analyze whether or not their cash outlays (or credit charges) are paying off in absolute terms. No doubt, they are paying off in terms related to wishful thinking and speculation, of course, but is that something that is healthy for anyone? Is it normal for a person who is seriously interested in a hobby to willfully be ignorant of some of the more basic concepts around that hobby, or be lacking in any kind of interest that involves knowing instead of believing? Audio is the only hobby I know of where many of those supposedly interested in it are not interested in digging any deeper into the details than what speculation offers. If that is not the very definition of religion, I do not know what else is. It is the only hobby I know of where so many enthusiasts are utterly uninterested in basic epistemology. Today, most so-called audio enthusiasts are paradigm know-nothings. Perhaps 20 percent of them are on the ball and aware of the issues and how to resolve them. The remaining 80 percent are jerks. And for now I leave you jerks to your various tempests in teapots. I may drop back in one of these days to again marvel that the same people continue to rant, rave, and carp by banging on their keyboards. Howard Ferstler |
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