Computer Audio Asylum: RE: Better duck under that desk; by Phelonious Ponk Music servers and other computer based digital audio technologies.

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Posted by Phelonious Ponk (A ) on August 4, 2009 at 05:24:51

In Reply to: RE: Better duck under that desk; posted by riboge on August 3, 2009 at 19:46:06:

Well, I'm trying, riboge, I'm trying. Sometimes it's difficult not to respond that way. I've been involved in audio - pro and domestic, personal and professional, for a long, long time and I am absolutely convinced that psychological bias is one of the strongest influences on perception of quality. I have seen much of the "high-end" abandon the pursuit of high fidelity in favor of jewel boxes filled with attractive colorations (or simply nothing special). And I have seen so many audiophiles follow them down that path throwing money after "upgrades" and "hearing" ever higher and higher levels of warmth, musicality, euphonics, PRaT and other terms they and their vendors have invented to substitute for real specifications and meaningful language. When a roomful of audiophiles hear huge, paradigm-shifting improvements from something that shouldn't make any difference and can't make much difference, I'm reminded of rooms full of engineers responding to things like the Aphex Aural Exciter. And they actually DID hear a big difference. They just needed more time to understand that it was not good.

But I'm trying, riboge, I'm trying.

P

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