For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc.

I think I've posted this before but , from Science Daily

The scientific method begins with scientists forming questions, or hypotheses, and then acquiring the knowledge through observations and experiments to either support or disprove a specific theory. "Empirical" means "based on observation or experience," according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Empirical research is the process of finding empirical evidence. Empirical data is the information that comes from the research.

Before any pieces of empirical data are collected, scientists carefully design their research methods to ensure the accuracy, quality and integrity of the data. If there are flaws in the way that empirical data is collected, the research will not be considered valid.

In a scientific sense "empirical evidence" doesn't mean I oberserved a UFO therefore there is life on other planets and they're visiting earth. 

Show me what technical apparatus Stradivarius used in building violins other than his ears and we might be getting somewhere on this....Acoustics is a multidimensional, inexact science, that’s why concert halls are built by masters using lots of technology AND their ears. Any half decent sound engineer will tell you the same.

Show me what technical apparatus Stradivarius used in building violins other than his ears and we might be getting somewhere on this....Acoustics is a multidimensional, inexact science, that’s why concert halls are built by masters using lots of technology AND their ears. Any half decent sound engineer will tell you the same.

Acoustic is at the exact crossroads of many sciences and your post is right on the target...

Ears are mandatory in this science and object of study and tools at the same time...

This is why acoustic is very complex and the last book i begin to read about "timbre" concepts appeal to more than a dozen fields...

Timbre Acoustics, Perception, and Cognition by Kai Siedenburg, Charalampos Saitis, Stephen McAdams, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay


Only "skeptic club" sunday scientist think otherwise...

I even read by one audiophile  "professional" skeptic here that we must not trust our own ears in any time.... It is very comical and tragic also to read this amount of insanity....He think an equalizer suffice to controls a room acoustic...This is pure market conditioning... You dont construct a house with one tool.... Better many tools especially the main tool : the ears...

And audio2design misses the point or deliberately derails things. There is no need to scientifically prove something that you hear through experimenting with your system to someone else as if we live in a science lab just and they're playing lord of the manor. 

They are not here to enjoy the hobby but to make sure you don't. What drives them is up for debate and differs from troll to troll and of no real concern. They have issues and exist simply to provoke. 

Maybe once the vaccines are more widely distributed, they can get out, relax, and get a life. Until then, we here who enjoy this hobby have to endure their affliction for awhile longer.

All the best,
Nonoise


 

I think you are right on target too...