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The best response to JA article on Mr. Chip in Stereophile

Posted by Geoffkait (M) on April 22, 2025 at 04:33:43

In Reply to: Nice article by editor Jim Austin in Stereophile now. Mr. Chip 20 year anniversary. Bravo! Nt posted by Geoffkait on April 21, 2025 at 09:58:00:

The current operating state of old males
Submitted by Glotz on April 18, 2025 - 10:55am
who are now brainwashed by their own skepticism has increased 100 fold in the last 15 years.

If anything can be mistrusted to reduce and to satisfy their own superior position and intellect, it is done and with indignance and disrespect most times.

There is no desire to come to the writing or the writer for a conversation and to explore the 'gray' areas (at least 9 out of 10 times on this website). They are to be wholly ignored to extend their established dogma, however similar or different to the conviction of the writer. "Assume they are lying to you to sell a product..."

It is what I have found over 25 years of reading and posting here.

And everything in this audio hobby is gray areas. Insert a cheap, 1980's DAC into a new system of the highest caliber and experience the full value of 'gray', where only parts and bits make musical sense, drenched in distortion and noise and timing errors. How would a reviewer or writer make sense of that??

With patience, observation and earnest intent. One can do nothing else.

So why assume there is a nefarious agenda with every publication and writer?

Because it's just trivial jealousy- one person writing and one person reading. And all too often the reader is not the authority and without a voice.

They want a conversation with the writer, but they don't come to the table with a handshake first. So they resort to 'greedy reductionism' to validate themselves in relation to the writer. A strange assumptive position to take when respect between writer and reader is almost assumed- especially with liberal, intelligent writers that show a desire for a conversation- scientific or philosophical.

But there are times when prejudices and assumptions are thrown down and a new relationship is forged in mutual respect between writer and reader.

I find it here too. When the open hand is extended time and time again in the spirit of equal discovery, it creates trust and friendships and a conversation is suddenly created. Perspectives are broadened. A writer can also learn a trick from the reader and that writer becomes better at their craft.

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