[Arny Krueger]

"JBorg, Jr." wrote in message
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Arny Krueger wrote:
JimC wrote:



As discussed by Gordon Holt in some interesting quotes published
in the December Stereophile, audio developments in recent years,
which have entailed the discarding of objective standards such as
blind listening comparisons, have in some respects reduced what
used to be "high fidelity" to voodoo science. As stated by Mr.Holt:

"... "good" audio is now often defined as "whatever one
likes." And
since the only measure of sound quality is that the listener likes
it, that has pretty well put an end to audio advancement, because
different people rarely agree about sound quality. - Abandoning
the acoustical instrument standard, and the mindless acceptance of
voodoo science, were
not a parts of my [Holt's] original vision."

Further:

"As far as the real world is concerned, high-end audio lost its
credibility during the 1980's when it flatly refused to submit to
the kind of BASIC HONESTY CONTROLS (double blind blind testing, for
example)
that had legitimized every other serious scientific endeavor since
Pascal. .." [emphasis added]

Outside of the ego-centric world of high end audio, the key to
progress is comparison of relevant performance measures to objective
standards.

NO.

That is wrong.
It is incorrect.
That is not the key.

Just saying so, does not make it so.

All it is is your egomania working full speed ahead of your demented
self..

Wrong. The whole point to comparison of relevant performance measures to
objective
standards is to take ego out of it.

The alternative, "My speakers sound better than your speakers because I say
so" is entirely about ego.

Any questions ?

Indeed borglet, your whole response is about your ego.

Have a nice day.

Borglet, watching you contradict yourself again does make a nice day in
away, except it must really suck being you! My regrets. :-(