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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Most high end audio equipment is mostly just rich idiot tax. Though low to mid is a huge jump in audio quality.

[–] Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

Yep, there are a few things that matter in terms of signal transmission and audio quality and others don't. But in the audio market, every product is marketed as sound-critical, even if it is physically impossible from a scientific point of view. They come up with the most absurd justifications for their “innovations”.