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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
amir_asr
777 posts
 

" 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*.

dabel
1,677 posts
 

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

biased ... is a cancerous Witch word.

amir_asr
777 posts
 

@audphile1 

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. 

Last I checked, your ruler wants nothing to do with your audio cables.  So I suggest not forcing a marriage between them this way.

Also, I checked out a Nordost Tyr Coax cable and showed that it has slightly better performance than my generic cable: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/nordost-tyr-2-review-coax-cable.35507/

Sadly for them and you, it didn't result in better sound:

Nordost Tyr2 Cable Listening Tests
I fed the output of the Topping D70s into Topping A90 Discrete. The latter then drove my Dan Clark Stealth headphone. This is as transparent of a chain as you can get. I then swapped between RG58 coax cable and Nordost TYR2. Switching time is long for super accurate assessment but I detected no difference whatsoever. My reference tracks sound as beautiful with either cable.

I suggest you sell it and get your money back.  Not on the basis of my measurements mind you, but said ruler.....

daveyf's avatar
daveyf
3,076 posts
 

If one has no real life frame of reference as to the sound of 'live' musical instruments in a non-amplified setting, then just relying on measurements might not be a bad idea. 

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ossicle2brain
130 posts
 

OK Amir, I will help the activity over at ASR.  Your impressive efforts here have won me over.

I'm going over there right now and argue that measurements mean next to nothing.

That should help.... 

:)

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