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  • #1

    The 10 biggest lies in audio

    An interesting read. He identifies and debunks 10 lies of high-end audio:

    (1) The cable lie

    (2) The vacuum-tube lie

    (3) The anti-digital lie

    (4) The listening test lie

    And more...

    http://www.theaudiocritic.com/downloads/article_1.pdf
    Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing
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    Most audiophiles are completely full of it.

    Agathon.
    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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    • #3
      haha, the cable lie makes so much profit though!
      "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
      'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger

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      • #4
        Voodoo science for fun and profit. Good find.
        No matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
        "I played it [Civilization] for three months and then realised I hadn't done any work. In the end, I had to delete all the saved files and smash the CD." Iain Banks, author

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        • #5
          I have a friend who spent $300.00 on a 3ft long chunk of power cord for his amp. $100.00 or so for patch cords. Insane.

          He also had a electrician install a electrical line from his fuse panel to his stereo.

          Sometimes I wonder if he is listening to the equipment rather than the music.

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          • #6
            this friend needs to have his stuff stolen
            "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
            'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger

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            • #7
              Most of that list is good. On the other hand: (1) 12 gauge wiring might be good for speakers in many situations; and (2) some cheap digital equipment is succeptible to jitter.
              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Asher
                Most audiophiles are completely full of it.

                Agathon.
                Oh sure. People that cream their jeans over a browser are so much better.
                Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                • #9
                  Ouch.
                  I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                  • #10
                    5.603 times better in fact
                    "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
                    'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger

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                    • #11
                      grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

                      The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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                      • #12
                        Just a moment...
                        http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16836121120



                        Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                        "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                        He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by SlowwHand
                          Oh sure. People that cream their jeans over a browser are so much better.
                          Don't see what that has to do with being full of it.

                          Texas intellujunce.
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by MRT144
                            5.603 times better in fact
                            I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by SlowwHand


                              Oh sure. People that cream their jeans over a browser are so much better.
                              This should be considered for one of the top ten blind side ***** slaps of the year.
                              Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh

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