I, I’m French and we have a made up word « idiophile » a mix of idiot and audiophile on a huge forum to call people who believe in non science related audiophile bulls*** like changing power supply or cables to have a better sound or buying 300K€ audio streamers etc

Is there a similar word in English ? “Audiofool “ I’m guessing. Is there a sub Reddit dedicated to this particular subject ?

Thanks 😆

  • pikpikpik2@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I’m adamant that proper cables make a huge difference. To me people not willing to even try seem foolish.

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      1 year ago

      Absolutely. Proper cables make a huge difference. It has been illustrated by benchmark here and here for example.

      Also: this kind of state of the art very good cable cost pretty much nothing.

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        1 year ago

        What are you measuring? Signal to noise - doesn’t matter since almost all equipment is good enough this way. However, it doesn’t even come close to measuring how things sound when reproduced thru a speaker.

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      1 year ago

      You can be adamant all you want and call people fools if you wish. We know, objectively, that cables don’t make audible differences unless they’re extremely bad.

      Your average lamp cord is indistinguishable from regular copper speaker wire, and what ever expensive cable you think is better.

      I don’t see any room for debate on this. We can measure these cables to a degree of precision that is far, far, more nuanced, sensitive, and detailed than anyone’s hearing can ever be.