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julie_m · 22nd Mar 2019, 9:56 pm

A thought just occurred to me: How is being a hi-fi bore any different from being a real ale drinker? To anybody "outside the circle", beer is just beer and music just sounds like music.

But then, a pint of real ale doesn't cost any more (sometimes less!) than a pint of cold fizzy water with flavourings and ethanol (Your bias may be showing a little here -- Ed.), and there is a difference you can taste. When it comes to expense, ticking off beers on a chart is not in the same league as spending £100 on a few metres of fancy cable .....

22nd Mar 2019, 9:56 pm	#516
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: Audiophoolery? A thought just occurred to me: How is being a hi-fi bore any different from being a real ale drinker? To anybody "outside the circle", beer is just beer and music just sounds like music. But then, a pint of real ale doesn't cost any more (sometimes less!) than a pint of cold fizzy water with flavourings and ethanol (Your bias may be showing a little here -- Ed.), and there is a difference you can taste. When it comes to expense, ticking off beers on a chart is not in the same league as spending £100 on a few metres of fancy cable ..... __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.