Audiophoolery

[coldthrn]

Im a big fan of the Skeptic society and magazine. In this issues eSkeptic they have a good read on how we have snake oil salesmen in the audio industry. Its easy to have these kind of things happen in an industry when the product is subjective. I know I was misinformed about the whole 192k / 96k.

Good read take a look.

http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/10-01-06

 

[Harry Hughes]

But man, didntcha know, recording at 192KHz makes your bottom end cleaner and tighter

 

[SocialNumb]

Just took a very quick look but I want to read all it later. The article says Ethan Winer is the writer. Is this the same Ethan Winer as in the Acoustics expert?

 

[Harry Hughes]

But yes, in all seriousness, great article.
And yes, Ethan the Real Traps dude.

 

[GarethSE]

I'm not even a quarter into this article and I already feel totally justified in being proud that I do not label myself an audiophile.
It's pretty much a euphemism for "cunt who believes everything he is told and therefore spends stupid amounts of money for no audible benefit."
I'd rather the be the "cunt with a limited budget and equipment who truly appreciates every second he spends listening to music."

but yeah, cool article so far \m/

 

[GarethSE]

also i watched eraserhead again a couple of nights ago, what a flick

 

[slashvanyoung]

Shane posted this a few days ago. He's dead-on on most things, but some are debatable.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

I just finished watching Ethan's newest video here
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYTlN6wjcvQ&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

 

[coldthrn]

He knows what he is talking about, however he is a strange dude. Loves his cats!

 

[GarethSE]

people with awesome ears always love cats

 

[P-E]

people with awesome ears always love cats

Aye.

 

[Sloan]

Haha, he posts on homerecording.com or whatever. i used to go there a lot but stopped because of a large influx of IDIOTS.

I'm seconding his emotion for cat luv. GOTTA LUV THEM CATS!