Newsgroups: rec.audio
Subject: Re: Blind Listening
From: brian@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Brian Boutel)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 01:32:50 GMT
 <1992Apr15.053251.7193@comp.vuw.ac.nz> <4296@gold.gvg.tek.com>
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Victoria Uni. of Wellington, New Zealand.


In article <4296@gold.gvg.tek.com>, chrisc@gold.gvg.tek.com (Chris Christensen) writes:

|> 
|> Someone tried to pull this one off a while ago.  There is no parellel
|> between Audio and Cars.
|> 

There is a parallel. In both cases you can choose how you allocate your available
money between capital costs and running costs. Don't try to read any more into it
that that.


|> I don't criticize you for having an unlimited budget, just don't
|> criticize me for doing the best I can.  There always must be a budget
|> or the project will never be compleated.
|> 
|> What is it like to have an unlimited budget?

I wouldn't know. I've established my own priorities for spending what I have. And
I have not criticised you, or anybody else, for making their own choices.

|> 
|> You are putting your listening preferences ABOVE that of the musicians
|> preferences.  You are being insulting when you state that musicians
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|> are happy with "cheeper audio components" You further insult musicians
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|> by stating that to _them_ the extra quality isn't worth the extra
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|> cost!
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This is nonsense.

|> 
|> I will not demean you for spending vast ammounts of money to satsfy
|> your craving for the ultimate sound so don't criticize me if a less
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|> expensive piece of equipment is capable of reproducing MY instrument
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|> with accuracy that pleases ME!  
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You are contradicting yourself. Look at the statements I have underlined.
In fact you are just making my original point, that people will choose the
equipment that suits their needs, and should not be criticised or gloated at for
doing that. 

Look, I'm sitting in my office listening to the local classical station on a
cheap radio. It is musically satisfying. As I said before, "most aspects of the
music come through". But some things are lost, and sometimes I want to hear those
things, so then I listen through better equipment. Do you have some problem with
this?

|>                                You see I can directly compare the
|> result!  You can't.
|>

And how do you know that? Do you think I don't hear live music?

|> This is not a flame to the world of Audiophillia. There are a lot of
|> sensitive, clear hearing and well meaning audiophiles. 
|> 
|> (If you think that I am flaming you, you should have seen what I
|> edited!)
|> 
|> -- 
|> Chris Christensen                  The opinions I express are my own,
|> chrisc@gold.gvg.tek.com            and sometimes they are wrong!
|> 916-478-3419 FAX 916-478-3887      After all, I AM only human.

Well, Chris, you have really gone over the top with this one. You appear to have
completely misinterpreted my posting. Let me offer you some advice:
1) Cool down before posting
2) Learn to read carefully what people have written
3) A good negative indication of the quality of a posting is the number of
spelling mistakes in it.

--brian

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