Archive for February, 2009

Gullibility and the audio biz…

I’m always forgetting links to the true weirdos of the audio biz, luckily someone else maintains a great list:

http://www.ilikejam.org/blog/audio/audiophile.html

And an excellent collection of  “no BS” commentary on speaker wires but also illustrates how the audio industry has fallen into a death spiral of promoting woo-woo instead of actual value. And then we’re all shocked that people think MP3 at 64 kbits/sec sounds good…

http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm

Another analysis – wish there was a bit more info on the ABX tests

http://andreconsulting.com/Audio%20Equipment%20Snake%20Oil.pdf

Yet another good set of links to materials on the silliness that pervades the consumer (high-end) audio business:

http://www.bruce.coppola.name/audio/wisdom.html

Friday, February 6th, 2009 Audio, Engineering, Frustration, Uncategorized No Comments