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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
vernv
68 posts
 

The short answer to the original question is no.

chayro OP
3,011 posts
 

@vernv. Thank you. When I was in law school, we asked our constitutional law professor for an exam review. He wrote 2 things on the board:

RTQ

ATQ

And he walked out. 
You must have been in that class. 

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ja_kub_sz
273 posts
 

ASR and Amir have value, but not the value they believe themselves to have.

I try to find the silver lining in everything and when I look at support equipment (DDC, preamps, signal pass-through etc.) and ASR measures them, I do rely on their stamp of approval as encouragement.

As other equipment, not so much.

What I have purchased based on ASR reviews

Singxer SU-6

Benchmark HPA4 (as a preamp)

MiniDSP Dirac unit

However there have been some gear that they have ripped to shreds that I absolutely love, along the lines of DAC's and amps and such.

To that I say... measurements don't equate to sound, however measurements do equate to silence IMO.

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hilde45
5,110 posts
 

Thank you. When I was in law school, we asked our constitutional law professor for an exam review.

Didn’t know this was an exam. 

Didn’t know we were restricted about how to answer.

Thank goodness for hall monitors.

sevestan
29 posts
 

Don’t know much about stereos but I know my car always runs better after I wash it

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