That is because Danny listens to the products. He also understands and explains what the measurements mean and how it affects the sound. At least on the videos that I watched. And his upgrade kits make sense. Plenty of DIY'ers do the same things.
Audio Science Review = "The better the measurement, the better the sound" philosophy
"Audiophiles are Snobs" Youtube features an idiot! He states, with no equivocation, that $5,000 and $10,000 speakers sound equally good and a $500 and $5,000 integrated amp sound equally good. He is either deaf or a liar or both!
There is a site filled with posters like him called Audio Science Review. If a reasonable person posts, they immediately tear him down, using selected words and/or sentences from the reasonable poster as100% proof that the audiophile is dumb and stupid with his money. They also occasionally state that the high end audio equipment/cable/tweak sellers are criminals who commit fraud on the public. They often state that if something scientifically measures better, then it sounds better. They give no credence to unmeasurable sound factors like PRAT and Ambiance. Some of the posters music choices range from rap to hip hop and anything pop oriented created in the past from 1995.
Have any of audiogon (or any other reasonable audio forum site) posters encountered this horrible group of miscreants?
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I understand that to be true. I'm not a fan of A-B testing. I think you have to optimize each setup and listen for a long time. In the end you'll be able to learn which system you prefer but I wouldn't say you'll know which one is better, too many variables. Unless there are gross differences. |
I had a boss once decades ago that was obsessed with data. He just wanted to test and test. It didn't seem to go anywhere. He wanted more data and just could not finalize anything. Testing for the sake of testing is pointless. It has to mean something. Compare the data to listening tests or what? Measurements by themselves mean nothing. But to conclude something does not sound good because the measurements say it doesn't is circular reasoning. That is because the key ingredient to how it sounds is to listen to it. Measurements are a means to an end. How it sounds is the end- the final word on the subject. Kind of like the old adage, " There comes a time in the life of any project when it is necessary to shoot the engineer and start production." |
True Story: As a curiosity test - I helped a close friend who paid for Danny’s service to analyze one of his speakers, test it, to design and layout all new crossovers, parts, connectors. In the process the speakers were converted from a 2.5 way to a 3-way crossover layout on a 20 year old speaker. All drivers were re-coned in the process. I use to build speakers for a living and designed a few myself, fwiw. The Grand Mozart speaker I’m referring to is featured on one of Danny’s videos. About 1/5 the cost of a new comparable pair. Sounds notably better than stock. Buddy is super happy with the service, design, and parts. Turned out really nice, more musical too. Buddy is quite proud of himself taking the chance to test out Danny first hand. Nothing better than the measured value of a happy customer.
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