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Audio Science Review = "The better the measurement, the better the sound" philosophy

"Audiophiles are Snobs"  Youtube features an idiot!  He states, with no equivocation,  that $5,000 and $10,000 speakers sound equally good and a $500 and $5,000 integrated amp sound equally good.  He is either deaf or a liar or both! 

There is a site filled with posters like him called Audio Science Review.  If a reasonable person posts, they immediately tear him down, using selected words and/or sentences from the reasonable poster as100% proof that the audiophile is dumb and stupid with his money. They also occasionally state that the high end audio equipment/cable/tweak sellers are criminals who commit fraud on the public.  They often state that if something scientifically measures better, then it sounds better.   They give no credence to unmeasurable sound factors like PRAT and Ambiance.   Some of the posters music choices range from rap to hip hop and anything pop oriented created in the past from 1995.  

Have any of audiogon (or any other reasonable audio forum site) posters encountered this horrible group of miscreants?  

fleschler
tsushima1
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“ What is the solution? Ban them after a few posts when you realize they are going against the grain of the forum/thread? “

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tonywinga
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Hey, Amir is back and still trying to prove a negative.  Notice he continues to try to make his point with singular examples.  In this case someone who owns an expensive stereo.  Remember, Amir considers himself and anyone who has spent a lot of money on equipment an expert.  He just can't get over other people hearing things he cannot.  

djones51
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Hey, Amir is back and still trying to prove a negative.

No, he is disproving a positive.

Notice he continues to try to make his point with singular examples.

Every positive claim that "I or a group heard cable difference " not using proper testing methods are also "singular examples".  He is pointing out those positive claims can be disproved with proper testing methods and have been . I have yet to see any proof to support that positive claim of hearing differences other than useless anecdotal stories.

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tonywinga
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And you will forever remain in that state because that is what you want to believe. Imagine someone who is color blind arguing there is no such thing as a green light on traffic lights.  

ghasley
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“Meanwhile back at the ranch, while the ranch hands predisposed to measuring the phallic prowess of the various stallions argue of its importance, the wise ranch hand is enjoying a leisurely ride though a beautiful meadow by a stream, sun lightly filtered through the branches of an imperfect tree, with the other ranch hands sweethearts.”

 

Sorry, couldn’t resist. I’m just stting here listening to Ellington’s masterpiece “Afro Bossa” through a pristine pair of NOS 211 vacuum tubes which, in all liklihood, measure horrbily next to the Topping amplifier du jour. Drive what you like because at the end of the day, nobody gives a darn but you.

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