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Hi, you may not want to give up on audio yet.

I've had not only bad tinnitus since the 90's but also suffer from bouts of terrible hyperacusis, which is far worse. When the hyperacusis acts up...

Ok, that wasn't obvious given you "liked" a post that repeated exactly that accusation.



Again: thanks.

Thanks. A quick search turned up nothing under that user name.

But in any case: are you supporting the accusation - with no evidence- that I'm dishonestly pretending not to be this other person? ...

Calling someone a "Troll" for expressing a different opinion than yours (and politely, btw!), and going on to falsely accuse someone of dishonestly adopting different screen names, is a pretty...

Sorry, but could you explain. Are you:

1. Calling me a "troll"

and

2. Claiming that I am someone called "Terry?" (Or that I am someone who used that screen name somewhere)?

Because...

Of course it was the typical snobbery and price shaming. It was what it was.




It was stereogeek who said they were tone controls. I only pointed out that IF a cable is changing the sound...

Yeah, that's a pretty typical response. Just the type of snobbery and "price shaming" that gives audiophiles a bad name. Well done.

(And of course you have no idea what cables I've had...and...

Either way it would be a tone control - whether it makes a system more or less neutral, right?



I work in pro sound, but I'm not an expert in electronics. So I take seriously what experts say...

I think that IF a cable were changing the sound, then it would be a tone control. Fairly amazing how much money some audiophiles will pay for making a wire a tone control (and in many cases I think...

Thanks for taking the time for a thoughtful reply steve!



This is what I suspected. The method you just detailed would in no way whatsoever counteract sighted bias. It would feed right in to...

Ok, but notice I was asking what you meant, not asserting what you meant.




That would go against all my experience with audiophiles, most of whom do not have a good grasp of how expectation...

It was a troll thread to begin with. It just continues.

Some of us tried to introduce some actual thoughtful conversation. But it's not going to happen from the OP who seems mostly to be of the...

I'm curious: is that how you react to the proposal that you may, in some cases, be fooling yourself as to what you think you hear?

If so, why would you react so negatively to some basic facts...

Since you asked...

I have products in my system that measure impeccably, e.g. Benchmark gear. I also have gear that measures far from great, e.g. my vinyl set up is not going to be anywhere...

Like how some people ^^^^ react when someone doesn't share all your audio beliefs...so you find yourself calling other audiophiles "deaf" and "unable to think for themselves?"

Yes there is some...

Nice!

My friend reviewed the La Scalas and I found every excuse I could to drop over and spin tunes when he had that system. I was really taken with the palpability, density and dynamic life of...

Believe me: shots of whiskey were necessary on all sides ;-)

Then you, like others, are simply not paying attention. It suggest you are filtering everything through a tribalistic bias "He's voiced skepticism about something I believe! I Must Put Him In The...

Why so hot under the collar? I suppose it's difficult for some to tolerate other opinions. It's audio, not politics.

Is it just not possible at all for some to resist mischaracterizing and strawmanning?...?




That is too generalized a claim. First, nobody should rely soley on manufacturer spec sheets. They...

Music is about emotion. Audio Gear is engineering.



I think you won't answer because nobody (that is in the "I Only Use My Ears" camp) has ever answered those questions. Well, some have...

Just another thing to point out.

It's common to see claims like the one Mike made: "But those who have tried multiple cables know they make a huge difference."

This is in tension with the...

MichaelsMinute's comment was incorrect for the reasons I gave in my last post. I explained that I'm open to changing my mind on any given claim, and explained what type of evidence would do that.
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Thanks for the question Shadowfax!

I am not particularly measurement obsessed myself. My tube amp, tube preamp, turntable, speakers were not bought "on the measurements" but on what I perceived. ...

Why are you so obsessed with people skeptical about certain claims in high end audio, like ultra expensive cables? So upset that you need to insult them as being "deaf?"

Chill.

You should...