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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
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mahgister
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Electronic measurements of gear did not correlate linearly and perfectly  well with listenings impressions...

Paradoxically, any designer must use very precise set of recognized standards measurements as general starting point but they use after that their alchemical electrical art... But it is an art, a craft, not a mere learned technological recipe .... They learned to put  complex parameters together and figure out by experience how playing with them  to make miracles happen..

Nelson Pass or Atmasphere for example  are artists too not just engineers..

 

 But there is a more exact  correlation between acoustic and psycho-acoustic measurements and subjective experience... Exemple : Smyth realizer or virtual room acoustic with Dr. Choueri are based on  acoustic and psycho-acoustic  measurements ...

Then subjectivist and objectivist see half of the truth and are blind to the other half... They forget that the gear components must be acoustically embedded in a room to be LISTENED TO OPTIMALLY...

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thyname
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Chinese crap touted by the minion master. (Does he get a cut?)

He does not. He repeatedly says this. His does all this pro bono, helping the humanity out. 

 

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thyname
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ossicle2brain

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"I am curious, what cables were those two? Brand & model?"

 

Well, big surprise, there is no name on them, and I can’t find them in my order history on Amazon. They look more like brass than gold.

Got it. Understand. Perfectly clear now. Carry on. Keep on fighting 💪

 

piaudiol
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Amir has one of the finest measuring systems available and is a complete moron in his ability to use it to its potential.  Add to this his methodology and lack of understanding as to how a system functions and the result is obvious: regarding him as anything other than a hacker fulfilling his ego driven necessity to make a complete fool of himself is a HARD pass.

 

snapsc
686 posts
 

What I’ve come to appreciate is that he points out shoddy wiring, poor grounding, fire hazards… things  that none of the major publications ever point out… and at least to me, these things matter. 
 

As for his measurements vs sound… unfortunately this is opportunity lost. 

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