Audiophiles and snake oil

Audiophiles often link all kinds of measurements, like frequency response, signal to noise and distortion of various kinds to the closest to live music. Also working principles like class A, linear power supply, a given component like a DAC chip or silver cables (or anything but silver cables) are seen as ‘ultimate choices’. Have I got bad news for you.

Related link:
The acoustics and psychoacoustics of loudspeakers and rooms - the stereo past and the multichannel future, Floyd E. Toole, http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=9137

Related videos:
Review SOtM sCLK OCX10 clock for sMS 200Ultra: https://youtu.be/bOKg1HJwUxE
Review SOtM sMS200 Ultra Neo: https://youtu.be/uADNLgJ3tSA
Review Auralic Aries G2: https://youtu.be/rIeI4Zr1J7Y
How to listen part 1: https://youtu.be/_ysiTgPFKWs
How to listen part 2: https://youtu.be/JhYPFmu6njE

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