Gregory's Server@oppen the funny thing is that they can't hear the difference anyway, they just think they can.
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 @oppen @naught101 @codinghorror Most #Infosec people remind me of audiophiles. They are both communities that have made great strides in one narrow area (speakers, encryption) and then tried to apply that exact same process to all the adjacent areas (cables & amps, threat models & operating systems). What you end up with is some kind of tragic performative art that has enough kernels of truth in it to keep perpetuating.  @codinghorror Don't forget the tube amps. You gotta have more than just tuned electrons, you need to shoot them out of cathode guns as well.  I mean, tube amps do look cool. Also they are good for distortion (not something you want as an audiophile, presumably) @naught101 @codinghorror @tasket Nobody needs a beautiful design when Class-A can heat the living room ;) @codinghorror OTOH, I would welcome a return of the audiophile dominance of 25ya in exchange for the gaming-rig-overclocker subculture (which eventually fed into the cryptomining movement) becoming an obscure oddity. Audiophiles are harmless by comparison.  @codinghorror @tasket @oppen @naught101 FWIW, this is not to imply that the general ideas of audio fidelity or information security are foolish; only that specific "best practices" have tended toward foolishness.  @oppen @naught101 I think you mean "diminishing". And on that point my tinnitus and I agree. @naught101 @oppen I don't think they know what they're listening to, even. I read one hifi review where they described the Chemical Brothers as 'clean minimal electronica' or some such. They use more distortion and limiting than Led Zeppelin ever did!  @naught101: I don't consider myself an audiophile, but the same pair of headphones sound wildly different (in terms of EQ) when I plug them into different devices. @VisualPlugin yeah, for sure. Drivers and microphones and bad amps can make a huge difference |
@naught101 to be fair one poster did say it's worth spending money up to a point then the finishing returns kick in.