The Insane World of High End Audio! Is it All a Scam?

WAF... the dog that does bark!

Acoustic treatments are avoided because of room aesthetics. A hard wood floor with no carpet is the worst offense IMO. People who paid for wood floor will NEVER put carpet on it. It will remain acoustically untreatable. Just horrible imo.

Windows are the next problem and have more solutions but the look of the window is far more important and most are very reluctant to cover it.

I've also found people don't like the look any acoustic panels or bass traps on their walls. Most people don't think it makes that much of a difference if any.

They get used to the room acoustic the way it looks best and that's the way it will stay.                                                                                                                                                                            

I got tired of his schtick a while ago.

IMO, he is simply ignorant to a lot of higher end audio. He has no reference point. If he wants to tout a $129 Class D Chinese mini-amp (or whatever he's reviewing that day), fine. He reviewed the Emotiva CD4 and highly recommended it. That was the end for me. I simply can't take him seriously after that one. I don't think he's malicious, I just think he's ignorant. I think he reviews cheap Ali Express watches, too. That ought to tell you something.

Good points!

 Thanks for your opinion.

 The others seems more busy  mocking the character than about thinking...

 I will only add that what i means by acoustics knowledge is not just standard room acoustic but more large ... I just bought new speakers i modified with success  for my room... Acoustics is way more deep than room acoustic...

WAF... the dog that does bark!

Acoustic treatments are avoided because of room aesthetics. A hard wood floor with no carpet is the worst offense IMO. People who paid for wood floor will NEVER put carpet on it. It will remain acoustically untreatable. Just horrible imo.

Windows are the next problem and have more solutions but the look of the window is far more important and most are very reluctant to cover it.

I've also found people don't like the look any acoustic panels or bass traps on their walls. Most people don't think it makes that much of a difference if any.

They get used to the room acoustic the way it looks best and that's the way it will stay. 

I just think he’s ignorant.

I think audioman is ignorant and it is why i posted this video...

But i think all of those attacking his character are as ignorant as he is and miss completely my point about acoustics as most audiophiles and reviewers occupied only by  the promotion of their gear against the others by virtue of their "tastes" or pricing...

By the way it takes years and years before Jay who tested 400 hundred top high end amplifier adress the acoustics relation between speakers and room... he did it after many years... at least he spoke about it a bit unlike cheapaudioman...But it say a lot about acoustics complete ignorance in audio. Most think acoustics is room acoustic at best...

Acoustics rule...( not just room acoustic but psycho-acoustics and physical acoustics (Helmholtz resonators etc )

Definitely insane.  Not all a scam but it happens.