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Re: Experience with Smith Micro?

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Experience with Smith Micro?
Date 2014-02-05 18:19 -0500
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In article <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-diBP5jxN1kze@localhost>, John Varela
<newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:

> > > > the imac can reproduce much higher than 5khz, but in another post in
> > > > another thread, you said you could hear a difference in audiophile
> > > > grade hardware. now you admit you cannot.
> > > 
> > > I never said that I could hear the difference.
> > 
> > then why were you arguing it was easy to do? 
> > 
> > by saying you can't hear a difference, you're confirming what i said.
> > 
> > > I'd ask you yet again
> > > to stop lying, but I know that would be a fruitless request because
> > > you've demonstrated repeatedly that you're incapable of refraining from
> > > lies.
> > 
> > unlike you, nothing i said is a lie.
> 
> I've gone back upthread and reread all of Michelle's posts. She 
> never made any claim about something being easy to do except in a 
> comment about green markers and CDs, where she was obviously 
> repeating the claims of what she called hucksters.
> 
> If you can't provide a reference quote, which you can't, then you 
> owe her an apology. (Michelle: good luck with that.)

if you read the post to which you responded, you'd see that i said, 'in
another thread'.

that means that reading upthread isn't going to net what you thought
you might find.

but since you asked, here you go:

In article <020220141107167328%michelle@michelle.org>, Michelle Steiner
<michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> > audiophile equipment is not a good example.
> > 
> > it may be low volume, but it's not 'high end'. 
> > 
> > it's largely snake oil, and with a customer base that believes nearly
> > anything and is only too happy to pay for what they think makes a
> > difference, despite the laws of physics saying otherwise.
> 
> I'm referring to components (receivers, amplifiers, pre-amplifiers,
> turntables, etc.) not interconnecting cables and similar devices. 
> Whether they are actually audibly better, they're still "high end"
> based on price and perceived quality.


In article <020220141738064375%michelle@michelle.org>, Michelle Steiner
<michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> > > I'm referring to components (receivers, amplifiers, pre-amplifiers,
> > > turntables, etc.) not interconnecting cables and similar devices. 
> > > Whether they are actually audibly better, they're still "high end"
> > > based on price and perceived quality.
> > 
> > I am willing to bet that a high end receiver has very little electronics
> > that are not "off the shelf". The CPU is likely off the shelf ARM or
> > Intel, so are memory chips, etc.
> 
> CPU, memory chips?  We're talking audio, not computers.  Do you think
> that an amplifier with a 20-20,000 KHz range with 0.1% THD sounds the
> same as one with a 50-5,000 KHz range with 5.0% THD?


since she now says she can't hear past 5khz, then she won't be able to
tell the difference, even with her straw man piece of shit amp.

once again, in double-blind tests, people consistently can't tell the
difference between normal gear (not junk) and audiophile grade. 

they *think* they can, but when the rubber meets the road, they do no
better than chance. in other words, they're guessing.

even supposed 'trained audiophiles' can't tell the difference between
monster cable and coat hangers, and some even preferred the latter.

audiophile equipment is one of the biggest scams around.

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                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-06 01:20 -0500
                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-08 16:42 -0800
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              Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-07 16:52 -0500
    Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-05 06:20 -0800
      Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-05 12:13 -0500
        Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-05 10:47 -0700
          Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-05 11:36 -0800
            Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-05 15:39 -0500
            Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-05 18:10 -0500
              Re: Experience with Smith Micro? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-02-05 22:14 -0500
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                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-02-07 23:38 -0500
                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-08 09:34 -0500
                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-09 16:15 -0800
                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-02-09 21:52 -0500
        Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-05 11:22 -0800
          Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-05 15:39 -0500
            Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-05 18:36 -0800
              Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-05 21:43 -0500
        Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-05 18:04 -0500
          Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-05 18:19 -0500
            Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-05 21:03 -0500
              Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-05 21:40 -0500
                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-02-05 23:21 -0800
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                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-07 18:43 -0500
                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-07 18:48 -0500
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                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-07 22:23 -0500
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                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-09 16:32 -0800
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                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-02-07 19:48 -0500
      Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-05 10:25 -0700
        Re: Experience with Smith Micro? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-02-05 12:58 -0500
          Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-05 11:48 -0800
        Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-05 13:34 -0500
          Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-05 12:13 -0700
            Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-02-05 11:18 -0800
            Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-05 15:39 -0500
              Re: Experience with Smith Micro? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-02-05 22:34 +0000
                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-05 23:10 +0000
                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-05 18:19 -0500
                Re: Experience with Smith Micro? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-02-06 23:56 +0000
    Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-05 17:45 -0500
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    Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-08 16:09 -0800
      Re: Experience with Smith Micro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-08 20:01 -0500
        Re: Experience with Smith Micro? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-09 16:46 -0800
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