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So is it mostly a scam like wine then? I just tune it to what sounds good and I'm off. I just managed to do it for 40$ lol
by xeromal 6y ago
So is it mostly a scam like wine then? I just tune it to what sounds good and I'm off. I just managed to do it for 40$ lol
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoThere's probably some price point below which there is a perceptible difference in quality, but, yes, a lot of it is a scam. At a minimum, you there's no guarantee of bang for buck above a certain fairly low price ceiling.
- squarefoot 6y agoNot technically scams, obvious ones aside (ie, hundred bucks for a wooden knob or "directional" cables); audiophile gear is indeed top quality, but the excellence they aim to would never be recognizable by any human ear on the planet because the incredibly small improvements, if any, would be measurable only by lab instruments. One can spend ten times less and still not hear any difference, but as any psychologist could confirm, once someone spends a fortune in something he believes it will sound better, he will surely hear that difference. Too bad nobody else will, unless they also fall in that trap.
- WalterBright 6y agoWhat I like from higher end equipment is volume controls that don't have scratchy spots.
- PascLeRasc 6y agoIt's only a scam if you don't enjoy it.
- xeromal 6y agoThat's actually a very fair take. Placebo isn't fake.