2. misc-audio
  3. 185168-1635

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
carlsbad2's avatar
carlsbad2
1,382 posts
 

ASR is clickbait.  There is a lot of confirmation bias out there but ASR did not address that.  

Too many people post the arguments their salesmen used to sell them an expensive peice of equipment like it is fact.

Bottom line is you need to learn to do your own listening and evaluation. For me  it involves going back and forth after hours or days of listening in each pass.  

Too many times "different" is interpreted as "better".  "yes, I can hear a difference"  but you need to go back and forth with lots of different music to figure out what the subtlties are and was different better or worse.

Jerry

chayro OP
2,931 posts
 

To clarify- my question was whether Amir changed your opinion about anything at all. Not whether Amir is wrong or whatever. So from the above, I guess your answer is “No- Amir hasn’t changed my opinion about anything.” Fine. But maybe others feel differently.

milpai's avatar
milpai
2,322 posts
 

It's good to read ASR and the measurements. About changing opinions - I think he confirmed it. I stopped visiting that site once I saw that people who fell for his measurements, purchased the equipment, only to find them lifeless or unmusical. So yes, measurements are good starting point. But they don't tell you everything - he confirmed my opinion on that.

coralkong's avatar
coralkong
597 posts
 

No, he didn't change my mind about anything.

I don't watch any of ASR's videos anymore. I don't agree that measuring a piece of equipment will tell me how it sounds.

 

hilde45's avatar
hilde45
4,819 posts
 

Has ASR actually changed your opinion on anything?

There are hundreds of posts there. This is like asking if the New York Times changed my opinion about anything.

He has measured many things and explained many things. What he infers from these facts sometimes hits and sometimes misses, for me.

Claims here that he is a "clown" or some kind of Svengali just betray dogmatism and intolerance. He is a serious person with a point of view. Deal with it.

More to discover