TBH, the comments are pretty much exactly what I would expect and entirely in-line with how the audiophile world has existed for nigh on half a century. I’m not saying it’s not an interesting phenomenon, just that after seeing/hearing the same responses for 3 decades it is entirely predictable. It’s of course based on ignorance but that is not what’s interesting as we are all ignorant to various degrees of much of what we’re surrounded by, because much of what we’re surrounded by is based on the cumulative work over the course of years/decades/centuries of numerous different scientists and engineers highly specialised in numerous different fields.
What IS interesting is the medieval approach of many audiophiles, the veracity of assertions is judged solely by fallacious means; by how authoritative, trustworthy or “nice” the presenter appears to be and by the false assumption that their personal perception is a near infinitely accurate measure of reality/fact. Modern science was invented centuries ago precisely to combat this medieval/fallacious approach because of course appearing to be an authority/trustworthy/nice isn’t only an indicator of truth but also the hallmark of successful con artists and pretty much all art relies on fooling perception. But the science, fact checking, critical reasoning and even basic common sense in many cases are at best all secondary and at worst, completely ignored or actively fought against. At least those in the medieval era had a good excuse for believing in nonsense superstitions/assertions, as there was no modern science, they had little/no means of fact checking and critical reasoning is pretty much impossible without any accurate facts. What’s also interesting is the number of posters who brazenly falsely claim qualifications/specific education. Although that shouldn’t really be a surprise, as the occasional one is so brazen they’ll even try that obnoxious tactic in this subforum or in professional forums.
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