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Headphoneus Supremus
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[1] My point is if you give your honest opinion good or bad, it is still good opinion.
2. I agree that a bit of skepticism is needed. But isn't it like that with everything?
1. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, they're not entitled to their own facts though! If an opinion, honest or not, contradicts the facts, how is that still a good opinion?
2. No, it isn't. Are you sceptical that gravity exists or that the Earth is spherical rather than flat? The trick surely, is to know what to be sceptical about? In other words, having the knowledge to differentiate what are effectively incontrovertible facts from what are not, and therefore what deserves scepticism. Herein lies the problem: Many/Most audiophiles do not have the knowledge to make this differentiation, they are not aware of (or do not understand) the effectively incontrovertible facts of human hearing perception and the behaviour of an electrical current down a wire and therefore, they direct their scepticism in completely the opposite direction. They accept appearances and are sceptical of the actual facts! The solution is indeed as you stated, "to do a little homework" and discover the effectively incontrovertible facts but few audiophiles are willing to do that homework, preferring instead just to accept the marketing and uncontrolled "impressions".
I'm sure the OP has discovered by now there is no convincing some people. Some people are convinced the Earth is flat, it's an irrational belief and therefore no amount of rational arguments and effectively incontrovertible facts will convince them otherwise.
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