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There are many audiophiles that have preferences ''regardless'' over whether there is truth to it. | There are many audiophiles that have preferences ''regardless'' over whether there is truth to it. | ||
I'm not here to frustrate over them. | I'm not here to frustrate over them. See [[Brandolini's law]]. | ||
And the audiophiles are happy ''regardless'' of reality, because that's how [[confirmation bias]] works. | |||
I am even a little envious of that. | |||
When it comes to audiophily, there are a lot of claims that are pure nonsense. | |||
But a lot more of it is ''based'' in something real, but on a gliding scale of misunderstood and/or exagerrated so most of them them | |||
that the actual statement is nonsense. | |||
Or it's real but has completely negligible effect | |||
Or it's real but improving it is contingent on rebuilding your house. | |||
Or it's real but it requires sitting unmovably in the perfect spot. | |||
Or it's real but it's such diminishing returns that the first 50 bucks makes more difference than the next 10000. | |||
: Because sure, the ''cheapest'' devices are only there to make a sound at all -- the cheapest of ''anything'' is generally not good -- but we've had decades to do refine "doing the thing halfway decently" so that it isn't that much more expensive anymore. | |||
Or it's real but it's not the largest issue your setup currently has. | |||
This seems most valuable to me: figure out what the weakest link is. | |||
Most of us just guess, because a lot of things are hard to measure ''or'' reason out. | |||
But I'm gonna try. | |||
Because maybe it turns out the reverb in your room has more effect than most technical details and a piece of cloth fixes that. | |||
Or maybe not. | |||
I'd like to know. | |||
Because I don't mind a decent audio system -- it's just not my identity, or my moneypit hobby, and also I don't have the disposable income. | |||
' | Even if I did I would like to know what that is best thrown at, | ||
Most salespeople aren't going to mention these things, much less quantify, because that's not conducive to sell you the thing with the bigger number. | |||
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: and ''maybe'' a few thousand before it's your head (positioning and such), | : and ''maybe'' a few thousand before it's your head (positioning and such), | ||
: and then ''in'' your head (believing nonsense marketing, or inventing your own). | : and then ''in'' your head (believing nonsense marketing, or inventing your own). | ||
Beyond ''that'' point madness lies. | Beyond ''that'' point madness lies. | ||
And ''well'' before that, you will find the slippiest technobabble since star trek TOS, | And ''well'' before that, you will find the slippiest technobabble since star trek TOS, | ||
except in utter earnesty, about real-world physics. | except in utter earnesty, about real-world physics that is entirely verifiable. | ||
'''Point is: this is only here to convince myself, not anyone else.''' | |||
And it is ''definitely'' in an opinionated according-to-''me'' page, | |||
and the list is too long to do thorough research on everything. | |||
'''Not everything is valued properly''' | |||
In my research I found a plethora of poop out there, | In my research I found a plethora of poop out there, | ||
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and some ratings may rise over time as I understand the subtleties | and some ratings may rise over time as I understand the subtleties | ||
people are not very good at explaining. | people are not very good at explaining. | ||
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