I guess. It's like when hp drove off the end of the pier. Fired all the engineers and started importing cheap sh*t from the far east.
Where I live same description could be translated as "wood eared".Never heard the term cloth eared before myself....but why would I want to label myself as either? Golden ear is a mythical "audiophile" thing to me.
I had to Google cloth eared. Not very complimentaryNever heard the term cloth eared before myself....but why would I want to label myself as either? Golden ear is a mythical "audiophile" thing to me.
I can appreciate that but still no vote from meI had to Google cloth eared. Not very complementary
And if Golden Ears make me like the trolls that visit here, I might rather be cloth eared.
Nor meI can appreciate that but still no vote from me
Cloth is very from wood, interesting how people perceive what they "hear"....or rather what they think others must hear like when they want to take the superior hearing position. Then again to me an audiophile is a gear hound, not someone with a particular taste as to how they perceive it, let alone others....Where I live same description could be translated as "wood eared".
Golden ear is the same.
Are you sure that's where the profits are? If have thought the margins in those highly competitive product categories are very small.Even big companies struggle with actual hi-fi. Witness JBL that now makes their money from little plastic crap-boxes. I almost cried in the Times Square store seeing that.
JBL/Harman' automobile market seem to be where the money is for them. They're still doing decent speakers too.....Are you sure that's where the profits are? If have thought the margins in those highly competitive product categories are very small.
JBL even states in their corporate blurbs that they coin money on that crap. Deeply disappointing.Are you sure that's where the profits are? If have thought the margins in those highly competitive product categories are very small.
Are you sure that's where the profits are? If have thought the margins in those highly competitive product categories are very small.
Calling it mid-fi is part of the problem.I think this whole "golden ears" thing is one of the things that has killed the mid-fi segment (let's say systems 1000-3000€). The existence of extreme audiophile cult is widely know to general public and when I mention anything about my audio equipment I often get asked if I have raised my cables on lego blocks etc. That meme has poisoned the well and it is hifi industry to blame at least partially. I know so many people who could easily spend the 3-5k in a hifi system if they saw half the benefits we hobbyists see. But it's just something that they don't even consider, sounding too esoteric and complicated.
It wouldn't seem that impossible to get some marketing going and introduce for example these competent all-in-one solutions such as LS50 Wireless as the new thing that self respecting middle aged families should have in their living room to show off in facebook stories.
I sold audio gear for 9 years, 5 of that by commission. I looked for people that where interested in the gear and I worked them sometimes for years until they finally gave in and bought something. Lots of demos with no sales but after about 1.5 years things really picked up and my sales supported the wages of multiple people as the company grew. One must be very positive thinking, results oriented and a long term player.I know so many people who could easily spend the 3-5k in a hifi system if they saw half the benefits we hobbyists see. But it's just something that they don't even consider, sounding too esoteric and complicated.
It wouldn't seem that impossible to get some marketing going and introduce for example these competent all-in-one solutions such as LS50 Wireless as the new thing that self respecting middle aged families should have in their living room to show off in facebook stories.
You could still get a decent system for that (grand for source, amp, speakers = $3K but then the next step up is like $3K per component.I think this whole "golden ears" thing is one of the things that has killed the mid-fi segment (let's say systems 1000-3000€). The existence of extreme audiophile cult is widely know to general public and when I mention anything about my audio equipment I often get asked if I have raised my cables on lego blocks etc. That meme has poisoned the well and it is hifi industry to blame at least partially
But I've found that 3 grand is still too expensive for most people, They might be able to afford it but they don't want it bad enough to pay out that kind of money.
If there is really one thing that gets under my skin with golden-ears, it's fuses! Changing a fuse on the a/c side of a DAC, streamer or amp makes no difference on the DC audio side yet the golden-ears throw out all the audiofool vernacular describing the difference of one fuse over another when describing improved tonality, transparency, smoothness separation, timbre, tone, articulation, energy, presence, emotion, ...
I have been an electronics technician all my life (not an engineer) and I have all the measurement toys like spectrum analyzers and oscilloscopes. I have 'hands on' experience. I thought maybe I was missing something but I am unable to reproduce a measurable change on anything by swapping an a/c fuse.
I have stopped frequenting forums filled with golden-ears because I feel contempt inside. I have been invested in photography, astronomy, and astrophotography but never experienced any member with with the same contempt I feel for golden ears. Is there something wrong me?