YES! Amir did change my mind. I used to think his measurements were meaningful and followed them closely. But over time I came to realize that his measurements were irrelevant to what mattered to me, specifically the sound quality of audio components. The ASR site seems to confirm this by rarely even mentioning sound quality of a measured component and doesn't even try to find any correlation between Amir's measurements and sound quality.
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.
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Eyes can be overrated @mahgister. If a personal life changing decision were made deciding whether eyes over ears are kept, these eyes would see the chopping block, pronto! Imagine a life without the music. No thanks .... |
I find it utterly bizarre that you have actually spent much time on ASR and came away with that clearly false impression. Amir is constantly pointing out issues with measurements and gives subjective impressions, often between the component with the measured flaws, vs trying to correct them with EQ etc.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/focal-chora-816-speaker-review.42988/ Review after review correlates measurements with audible consequences! The only way I can imagine you drew your impression was looking for reviews of gear where measurable quirks were below the threshold of audibility, hence Amir does not comment on them. In other words "Amir never comments on the different sound between my favorite cable, or DAC, or amp..."
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