And there’s your thing right there. Hardcore Audiophiles are looking for nebulous concepts like “space” and impossible physics for some sort of perfect experience rather than sound quality. People who just know audio equipment are typically looking for studio grade equipment. So accurate sound modeling, without distortion. Flat frequency bands. Controls. And durability. However much the audiophile may believe they’re hearing things that noone else can, what they’re listening to was made on that studio grade equipment.
So you’ve got two competing sets of enthusiasts. Magic cables and “holy shit look at this mixing board”. Finding decent info requires distinguishing between them.
And there in lies the other problem. There’s good info to be gleaned from enthusiasts. But they are enthusiasts. So “good enough” is not good enough. And current state of the internet its either sales pitches and ads or enthusiasts. So finding quality, non-insane info on anything is pulling teeth.
