Did Amir Change Your Mind About Anything?


It’s easy to make snide remarks like “yes- I do the opposite of what he says.”  And in some respects I agree, but if you do that, this is just going to be taken down. So I’m asking a serious question. Has ASR actually changed your opinion on anything?  For me, I would say 2 things. I am a conservatory-trained musician and I do trust my ears. But ASR has reminded me to double check my opinions on a piece of gear to make sure I’m not imagining improvements. Not to get into double blind testing, but just to keep in mind that the brain can be fooled and make doubly sure that I’m hearing what I think I’m hearing. The second is power conditioning. I went from an expensive box back to my wiremold and I really don’t think I can hear a difference. I think that now that I understand the engineering behind AC use in an audio component, I am not convinced that power conditioning affects the component output. I think. 
So please resist the urge to pile on. I think this could be a worthwhile discussion if that’s possible anymore. I hope it is. 

chayro

I am not perfect... But you are right and i apologize...

But think in my shoes... you dont read my posts at all and you did not understand anything about my fundamental points...I reacted perhaps a bit rudely...

i apologize...

I wish you the best and bear no grudge... Thanks...

 

@mahgister ,

 

You exude much hostility when being challenged. I will take my leave of you now and return to my previous belief of spam.

"I use science". The ostensibly invincible intellectual shield.

Only if it is stated but not demonstrated.....

Keep for yourself your theory that all there is to say about sound qualities is relative to your limited set of measures...

I don't have to keep what I have not stated.

Objectivist must learn psycho-acoustic science behind technology and develop humility....

This knowledge used to be part of job function and responsibility. Getting it wrong would impact the fortunes of the company I worked for and myself.  Have you been similarly situated?  What is your level of knowledge of psychoacoustics on scale 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest?

• The common conclusion is that reproduction of sound from
20 Hz – 20 kHz with only the correct amplitude is completely
sufficient for sound reproduction, indistinguishable from the
original, but quite in conflict with the above mentioned
anecdotal findings and with what I hear.

Anecdotes and $5 will get you a cup of coffee....  Nothing in the research you are posting supports stuff like that.  There was no test of human perception of frequencies above 20 kHz.  Or impact of eliminating such.  This is all stuff you are reading into the research which has no justification whatsoever.