A few post back AFTT47 mentioned that Vinyl was "snake oil". I disagree with that since vinyl does sound different from digital, and turntables do sound different from one another. It's up to the listener to determine if the sound difference is worth the fiddly nature of vinyl.
I do agree that there is snake oil being peddled, and is one of the reason I no longer consider myself an audiophile.
My short list of snake oil products : Aftermarket power cables (always), speaker cables (to a point), and interconnects (to a point). Any digital cable including high priced HDMI cabled. I would even throw in Phono preamps, headphone amplifiers, and DAC's to a point. Of course all the silly items like speaker cable elevators/risers are included as well.
DACS and Phono preamps require some discussion. There are differences, but I feel most of the sound quality differences are totally overstated.
I do agree that there is snake oil being peddled, and is one of the reason I no longer consider myself an audiophile.
My short list of snake oil products : Aftermarket power cables (always), speaker cables (to a point), and interconnects (to a point). Any digital cable including high priced HDMI cabled. I would even throw in Phono preamps, headphone amplifiers, and DAC's to a point. Of course all the silly items like speaker cable elevators/risers are included as well.
DACS and Phono preamps require some discussion. There are differences, but I feel most of the sound quality differences are totally overstated.
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