Recidivism.
@mitch2 @melvinjames @amir_asr
Is this the 3rd or 4th now? So many nasty comments. Is it any wonder why the audiophile community at large is bleeding members?
Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why?
After my Audio Science Review review forum, it became apparent that nearly the only way one can determine the measurements of an audio product is wait for a review on line or in a publication. Most equipment is never reviewed or is given a subjective analysis rather than a measurement oriented review. One would think that manufacturers used tests and measurements to design and construct their products.
Manufacturers routinely give the performance characteristics of their products as Specifications. Those are not test measurements.
I searched the Revel speaker site for measurements of any of their speakers and could not find any. Revels are universally lauded for their exceptional reviewed measurements. Lack of published manufacturer measurements is true for nearly every speaker manufacturer I've searched for on line, perhaps several hundred. Same is true for amps, pre-amps, DACs, transports, turntables, well you get the picture. Do they have something to hide? I doubt the good quality products have anything to hide but poor quality products do.
ASR prides itself in providing "true" measurements that will aid in purchase decisions. Why don't the manufacturers provide these measurements so that reviewers can test if they are truthful or not?
Then there are the cables and tweaks for which I suspect that there are inadequate tests available to measure sonically perceived differences but which objectivists believe don't exist or are "snake oil."
Well, please chime in if you have some illuminating thoughts on the subject.
I would have loved to see manufacturers measurements on my equipment and especially those that I rejected.
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@mitch2 , the system in your profile looks great, "he shoots, he scores" would apply here, no foul. Thanks for posting it. |
It must not as long as a) you only used your ears and repeated the test a few times to make sure you are right and b) your listening tests were comprehensive enough to cover limitations of the amp. For example, if you listen at low volumes, the amp may be fine but once you crank it up, it heavily distorts -- something the measurements show you. Bottom line: listening test are the gold standard. Just do them right. That's all. |
Hmmm. How did this test move from past to present? Your claim of 100 hour burn-in was before we interacted at all. Your original story about you liking that cable better said nothing about repeating the test, much less 8 out of 10 times. You even wondered why I was asking you this. Now all of a sudden that is what you did??? No worries. Do you know how to shoot a video on your phone? If not, get some help and redo the whole test so that we can see and observe. And *please* watch the video I post on things you need to be careful of to generate reliable results. |
You didn't? What was this then on page 6:
$250 is a lot of money to not know, or want to know if the thing really has an audible effect.
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