Hahaha. Love it. Thanks for the recommendation.
Listing my Tyr 2 interconnects, along with my Bricasti M3 DAC and Pass Labs XP22 preamp. Going to replace these two pieces with a Topping D70.
Bad news is, I will have shitty sound. Good news is, I will save a bunch of money on cables and components by switching to Topping.
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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" 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. " So you deny that knowing the measurements before listening may cause bias? How could it be a blind test then? It’s worse than just physically seeing them and seeing what make they are or their price.
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Hi Dave. Long time no see. On your comment, measurements are a great idea no matter what. Ask any acousticians how to optimize the bass response in a room: they say to measure. It doesn't matter how much you know some music. Knowing that you have a peak at 40 and not 50 Hz won't come from that. It will come from measurements. And of course, what is on the recoding is not a copy of the live experience. No microphone can capture what your two ears and a brain do in live music. And of course that is on top of all the manipulations done in mixing and mastering of music. It is best to think of a recording as a painting of real life, not a photograph. In that sense, familiarity with real instruments won't help you. This is why musicians as a rule are not audiophiles. |
------------------------------ Thanks for the clarification about your approach and what stood out to you at the PNW audio show. |
Also just to add to my response
And you know this how? Let me guess…you measured transparency of these components? Or determined how transparent they are by the results of your measurements? Also, you heard no difference between Nordost and generic cables. Well there are two possible reasons as to why… 1. The said Topping audio chain is not as transparent as you thought it was 2. Your ability to detect differences between components and cables is impaired by either your measurements results based bias or your ears just don’t work as well as convince yourself they do. To my earlier point…. Your testing is flawed on many levels and like I said in one of my earlier posts, your listening tests are too far from a real life scenarios. No one in their right state of mind would be running Nordost Tyr 2 cables with Topping and that goes for the crowd on both sides of the fence. |
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