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I wonder if linux audiophiles are a thing.

"plain ALSA sounds warmer than pipewire"

"linux kernel compiled with ALSR makes for a more chaotic high end"

"ext2 sounds better than ext4"

Space Hobo

@vidister I have long argued that we should use the term "audiophile" in place of the (racist, ESR-promoted) term "cargo cult". The so-called "cargo cults" are full religions practised by informed 21st century members, and portraying them as mere ignorance and blind adherence to routine is offensive.

@vidister My rationale for this is that the stuff we think of as audiophile quackery now looks not far off from the sort of thing that was necessary to get decent sound out of 1950s and 1960s stereo equipment. It's absurd these days because technology has rendered it all obsolete. It's as if electric car owners were still insisting on installing carburettors, and tuning them obsessively.