Semi On says in response to "trust your ears not theory":
"And whind up with 10k speaker wire while spouting off stupidity about shielding."
"Analogies != arguments largely because they're usually idiotic and easily discarded as invalid. Using the example of something already known to be a subjective situation presumes the outcome."
"And spend money on worthless things because you're expecting an outcome and convincing yourself that its true in order to justify your idiotic purchase."
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Let's see, boil Semi On's comments down to "idiotic," "stupidity," and "idiotic." By the way, semi on, most of the English speaking world spells "winding," like that, not "whinding."
Saying trust your ears and enjoy the music instead of trusting in an inadequate theory does not mean that you have to spend a lot of money. On the contrary, you may well find that trusting your ears saves you a lot of money and gets you fine sounding equipment.
For instance, Axiom speakers sound great, but are not expensive. If, on the other hand, you believe all amps sound the same, you can really save yourself some money! You should get a nice radio shack PA amp for $50 to drive your nice Axioms. If you believe all CD players sound alike, then you can buy yourself a nice $19 unit in a clear plastic wrapper from your local drug store.
I don't think you'd be getting a real bargain that way. But I suppose if you're stuck with your restrictive theories, and if you don't trust your ears, you can listen to crap confident that by your theories it should sound just as good as the good stuff.
Enjoy your music.
