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

"It doesn't matter if you are or are not invested in the outcome: you can still arrive at totally wrong conclusions.  All I have to do is make one product louder than the other and get you to say it sounds better even if you were primed to think it wouldn't.  And indeed, it can sound massively better with more detail, blacker backgrounds, etc". 

 

Yeah but I varied the volume while comparing.   I arrived at the right conclusion.  I heard it.  DIdn't need much other than common sense.  

I listened to them.  They were different.  

 Knowing the measurements before listening causes objectivists to be anything but objective. They are already biased.  

 

 

 

Still you do not address the fact that you you continue to recommend products after they have been shown to have poor build quality. Ashamed or embarrassed perhaps?
To answer your question, Why do you not do your own research and look at Erin's site?l.

Addressing last part first, I told you that Erin uses the same Klippel NFS system that I have.  Indeed, he purchased his after I did.  You vehemently disagreed so I asked you to tell me what gear he is using.  Clearly you got the answer: he uses the same machine and even same protocol and reporting.  So in the future, please don't shoot from the hip without getting your facts straight first.

On the first comment, there is not one audio reviewer who provides what you are demanding.  Stereophile, Absolute Sound, etc. all publish recommended yearly list of gear.  Not once do they follow up with any reliability comments or corrections.

On my side, to anyone with common sense, it is clear that I am testing the performance of a product, not its short or long term reliability.  If I see a problem during testing, I will absolutely stop, note it and review is aborted.  See this example: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/behringer-b2031a-measurement-broken-sample.31717/

You also say I "keep" recommending.  I don't do any such thing.  I recommend a product based testing I performed at the time.  Not at the current moment.  

All of this said, if people bring it to my attention that something is seriously wrong, I will go back and address.  At times, I have actually have gone and bought the product at my expense (if I still don't have it) and verify the issue.  This is then noted and if I have leverage with a manufacturer, I put pressure on them to fix.  Here again is an example: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/smsl-m500-dac-and-hp-amp-review.9606/post-822300

"I finally got a chance to confirm the problem with the right channel being driven by itself causing much higher distortion. Review is updated with it:

Recommendation of the product has been deleted in the review and members are cautioned about this problem.
I have also formally asked SMSL to respond to this issue.
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When the response didn't come in a timely and proper manner, I pushed harder resulting in company setting up local firmware updates in both US and Europe.

Ultimately it is just one of me and hundreds of products being reviewed each.  My job is to evaluate them from performance point of view using specialized equipment knowledge.  You all bear the responsibility to figure out if the product is reliable or functional.  Fortunately, ASR Forum is a wonderful resource for this.  Review threads routinely never die with owners posting questions, comments, etc.  Manufacturers routinely read and follow these threads as well.  So while not ideal, what you are demanding is happening.

If you want more, then you need to become part of the solution than the problem.  Don't keep throwing rocks and false talking points as what we are doing on ASR.  Help support the activity so that over time, there can be more resources than just me to follow up on products and extend the reach of what we are doing.

I just measured my interconnects.
 

To my surprise, Amir was wright. Nordost cables measure like 💩. The 1m pair is 99.9998 cm long. And the 2m pair is longer than the 1m pair. 

" Knowing the measurements before listening causes objectivists to be anything but objective. They are already biased.  "

Say that to your doctor next time he makes measurements of your health and then diagnoses what is wrong with you.  Tell him to just trust his ears and hands.  No need for X-ray, MRI, blood pressure, etc.  You know, the measurement stuff that biases him. 

For that matter, because you are a human being just like your doctor, surely you can diagnose what is wrong with you yourself.  You don't need no measurements or someone else to tell you what is wrong with *you*.

Eyery time this word appears can’t help but bust out laughing hysterically.

biased ... is a cancerous Witch word.