"2,000,000 volts, do they think all audiophiles are ignorant and stupid ?"
Perhaps the terms ignorant and stupid are a bit strong. More like gullible. After all, as
I wrote in another post on another thread here, audiophiles prefer to think of their
hobby as more art than science. In fact I would go so far as to say all art and no science.
Art is subjective and easier to understand than science, and it creates more excitement.
To the growing majority of audiophiles science is dull. Proof is easily found in many of
the threads on Audiogon. Which by the way has played a huge part in fueling the
growth in the number of manufacturers, specifically the wire and fuse guys, that
design and more importantly market their products first and foremost to the artsy audiophiles
preferences as opposed to designing them to be safe and reliable.
Just look at the nomenclature and vocabulary used in the hobby these days. “Reviewers are part of the
problem too as they feed the well audiophiles drink from.”
What we need to realize is that many manufacturers today are doing the simple thing from a business
perspective. They are following the money. From the manufacturers perspective why spend time and energy
educating the audiophile who is more than happy to throw money at products such as boutique fuses that use fancy
marketing terms to describe their benefits. It's all about marketing which is easier for the "new breed" of audiophile
to digest than science will ever be. Am I being a bit jaded here? I suppose so but then again I can look in the mirror and
with some embarrassment say that I have fallen prey to such marketing tactics. That is until I met someone who has spent t
ime educating me otherwise. Lucky for me my 401k is still fully intact. Like my mentor, we are lucky to have people like Roger
who is willing to invest time and resources to educate. If only more people would listen and learn.
I too have been a victim of the rhetoric, that's the main reason I started down this path. I hope/hoped to save someone else the
drain on their pocketbook. I totally agree we are very lucky to have people like Roger & my friend & mentor up here in the GWN.
For the record I put it to you that
“reviewers are the problem”. That’s the reason I started this topic as well as other topics dealing
with questionable accessories & mods.
There are many of these customers to target as well.
Perhaps you should contact Ted Denney who runs Synergistic Research and ask him the
tough questions directly. It would be interesting to hear what he says. If you Google him
you will find some interviews with him from Stereophile that might shed some light on who
you are dealing with.
As you stated in your earlier post “Reviewers are part of the problem too as they feed the well audiophiles drink from”.
His marketing strategy is btwbs (baffle them with B.S.). However I will lookup some of those interviews.
For the record I put it to you that “reviewers are the problem”. That’s the reason I started this topic as well
as other topics dealing with questionable accessories & mods.
I don’t think that contacting Mr. Denney would help, he will do what it takes to sell a product. That’s the nature
of the beast. Based on the PFO review, his rhetoric sounds like speaker cable claims made back in the 1980’s.
This time it’s a fuse. The price of an amplifier can be anywhere from $1500 or less to as high as $100,000. PfO has
a speaker cable review in this month’s issue where the cost of the cables is $20,000. When you look at, that price, these
Synergistic Research products $89 to $99 seem to be a bargain. They need to be able to act as a fuse first, if the process
of making a good safe fuse, can improve the sound of a product as much as stated in all the fuse reviews I’ve read, than
maybe they are a bargain.
PFO & other audiophile rags need to tell the manufacturer to see the pertinent specifications of these products before they will review
them. If the manufacturer won’t supply specs it should noted in the review. ( hahhah, fat chance of that eh?)
Looked at in the light of the cost of a good quality generic fuse usually less than buck, then they’re not a bargain.
