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

@laoman 

"Curt, I am certainly not against measurements. What I find absurd is to say that equipment that measures the same sounds the same. So many on Amir's site have said this."

No one has said this.  You all keep making stuff up and then complain about it.  Members frequently say the opposite.  That superlative measurements of something doesn't mean it sounds better than something with lesser performance.

"The fact is that there are some very rude people on ASR"

What a tone deaf comment to make.  In a thread with hostility shown from a dozen or more members toward me, your fellow audiophiles, audio science and engineer, you have the gall to talk about rudeness?  

We have very low tolerance for rudeness.  I just commented above how we let AJ go because he was so obnoxious.  It didn't matter that that he talked about objectivity.  

Yes, if you show up on ASR and make wild comments that you can't back, you will get strong pushback.  Get rude and we will show you the door. 

"It's pretty arrogant to think we know all there is to know about electromagnetism."

It is even more arrogant to think that because we don't know everything, we know nothing.  Your doctor diagnoses what is wrong with you without knowing "all there is" about human body.  Somehow for a hobby like this, you demand to know it all or else lets forget about it all....

"No one has said this. "
You seriously say this? I am calling you out on this. You clearly have no idea what is said on your own site. Do not come here and post crap.

All I have wanted answered from @amir_asr is how he can claim to allow Erin’s video, be open to the discussion, call something that innocuous click bait and then close the thread so no more information can be had from it.

I answered you already. You claimed I censored Erin's video in that thread.  I had not.  The thread was open for a long time and people said what they wanted.  You can still go and watch the video as many times as you like.  Heck, post it here and see what people think of it. The man said what his top 5 speakers are.  Go and post in his youtube comments what you think.  You have no cause of action to demand that I open that thread on ASR. 

He did not "demand you reopen it". Anyone who wants to see Amir’s real self can read the last post in that thread. As no doubt he will delete the thread, I have saved  his final post. What a piece of work.