On 6/21/04 10:46 AM, in article axCBc.85804$HG.35376@attbi_s53, "Dick
Pierce" wrote:

The ridiculous example you give does not have a bearing on what
we were talking about.

Begging your pardon, but it is precisely this sort of ridiculous
claim that the entire topic bears upon. Consider the following
tweaks:

1. Application of gren pens to CDs

2. Water filled audio cables

3. The placement of small wooden pucks around the room to enhance
the sound

4. The strident claim by an editorial contributor to one of the
prominent high-end magazines of the dramatic effects of audible
"glare" from a water faucet in the other room.

5. Armor-all as an "optical impedance matching fluid" to enhance
the playback of CD's

6. CD demagnetizers

7. "micro-diodes" in cables

8. Blue "dithering LEDs" in expensive CD players

How many more of these "ridiculous examples" do you consider to
have "no bearing" on what we were talking about?

We weren't talking about any of them - so none of them - by increasing the
range all you have done is to *try* to drag me into that mire and paint me
with the incorrect brush. I would agree with you that there are many frauds
out there - some even deliberate, I figure - but that is no reason to
ridicule and denounce rather than disprove.

I would only float that ridicule is not refutation - and it is not
substitution for good objective science. But it is also a mistake to
substitute ridicule for refutation.

Get rid of ALL these "ridiculous examples" that "have no bearing,"

So ... What exactly are you getting at? That you can throw a lot of silly
things on top of what we were talking about , and refute *those* instead of
what we were discussing?

and all of a sudden, the high-end biz is transformed from a back-water
freak-tweal cottage industry governed by mysticism, quackery and
a few vocal, wide-eyed magazine wonks into a reality-based pursuit.

Actually, amongst a lot of quackery are some genuine well constructed,
excellent sounding high end products.




Wouldn't THAT be a tragedy, then?

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