Almost true ..Just wish Ted would join ASR, which towers over all other audio sites and forums in popularity and quality...
..... Even a dumb rich person with more money than they know what to do with would want a serious warranty (aka: 25 yrs or lifetime) behind a piece of wire.
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This is why I don't do social media. ......... Forgive me for going off on an off-topic tangent.
Which audio site is more popular? I thought we surpassed Stereophile a while back...Almost true ..
Thomas makes an excellent point as usual. The audio hobby can be a channel for anxieties and neuroses the same as any. There’s no doubt there are folks committing funds compulsively to stuff like SR products.Not everyone who spends lots on audio gear is doing it for egotistical reasons . Its perfectly possible to be sucked into the vortex of mainstream hifi media and industry and get on a path of self affirming confusion.
This can lead one to commit serious funds trying to obtain something ' perfect ' and ' without compromise ' .
Nothing at all to do with trying to impress people , actually its often embarrassing to admit such expenditure.
I'm certain if we all laid bare our lifes decisions and failings we'd all be equally ridiculous in one another's eyes regardless of whether one of our sins was paying too much for a hifi tweak .
Quit the self congratulatory ' back patting ' it betrays ones nature.
It's funny how ads can be seen for utter nonsense products on pages debunking them but I have never seen ads or links to debunking those false claims anywhere where those products are promoted.It really isn't off topic. Social media sites as well as youtube will feed their visitors a constant diet of exactly what they want to see to keep them there and watching more advertisements.
If someone starts watching videos or reading about how cables make a difference, they will be shown more like that and will not be shown anything that counters that point of view. Because posts or videos with a different point of view may make them stop watching. All the information they take in will reinforce the belief that cables do change the sound.
It really isn't off topic. Social media sites as well as youtube will feed their visitors a constant diet of exactly what they want to see to keep them there and watching more advertisements.
You get the social media you deserve..This is an insidious problem and at the rotten core if what the internet has produced : indoctrination is the opposite of information.
The worst part about this is that there is no regulator, at all.
Agree.This is an insidious problem and at the rotten core if what the internet has produced : indoctrination is the opposite of information.
Disagree. Do you want a gov't body to tell you that you can't buy Synergistic products because testing shows no difference? People who buy those products insist they are wonderful. Who's going to pay for the blind studies these dogmatic people would insist on to show any/no differences?The worst part about this is that there is no regulator, at all.
It's funny how ads can be seen for utter nonsense products on pages debunking them but I have never seen ads or links to debunking those false claims anywhere where those products are promoted.
Agree.
Disagree. Do you want a gov't body to tell you that you can't buy Synergistic products because testing shows no difference? People who buy those products insist they are wonderful. Who's going to pay for the blind studies these dogmatic people would insist on to show any/no differences?
No, regulation would be the WORST thing you could do. People need to be free to make terrible decisions. That terrible decision may actually bring them joy, and to regulate joy, well that would be the worst kind of tyranny.
I like it, but you know some business would get their fingers into the regulations and twist it all around. Then Amir would be the one making the disclaimer "it hasn't been scientifically proven that a person can hear a SINAD > 90 dB".With a fair amount of expense you could do like the supplement companies and go after them if they try to make fact based claims that can't or haven't been proven. But then they'd just do like that industry and not make claims themselves, just put quotes from customers and reviewers on their site. Some audio ones do that already. Or they could have disclaimers saying "it hasn't been scientifically proven to make any difference".
I will not engage these posts under the advisement of my lawyer other than to state the same day Ted posted his challenge, his lawyer issued a threatening letter for me to remove the posts relating to the harassment I endured from Ted for over a year. The letter also states I cannot talk about Ted or his company going forward. Last night Ted turned his Facebook into a shrine on me to intimidate. He continues posting my family photos on his page to humiliate. Attached is a screen shot from last night as example. I will not participate in his tactics nor will I accept his relentless stalking behavior or his "challenges" which IMO are nothing more than a facade to rile his base and control the narrative of me being his boogeyman.
https://www.audioholics.com/editorials/synergistic-research
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The only powerful person Ted knows is Thomas Mapother, a guy known to believe in the efficacy of SR products and other weird stuff.
No, regulation would be the WORST thing you could do. People need to be free to make terrible decisions. That terrible decision may actually bring them joy, and to regulate joy, well that would be the worst kind of tyranny.