OT Audiophiles, was:[sdiy] Digital filtering (Oversampling and downsampling)

[David G. Dixon]

Audiophiles make me laugh!  Between kids, the vacuum cleaner, the neighbor's
lawnmower, the central heating/cooling fan, etc, who can even hear the
stereo clearly enough to tell whether it's audiophile quality or not?

> > I got the impression that the traditional audiophile (i.e. the one
> > who was obsessed with amps and speakers, not those whackos who
> > spray their machinery with C37 lacquer or buy "oxygen-free" copper
> > wires woven by virgin elves during full moon before being "burned-
> > in" in "direction of flow") long died out...
> 
> <http://uk.farnell.com/ampohm-wound-products/pf-xal-al-10-0-5-630/
> audio-capacitor-10uf-630v/dp/1636718>
> 
> Someone has to buy that stuff, otherwise Farnell wouldn't sell it.
> 
> Who in their right mind believes that capacitors are superior because
> they are "hand wound"??