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

 When I asked you for blind tests of your speakers

Yes, in your blind rage you still can't say specifically what I am to blind test my speakers for/against, unlike your faked ABX test which were purportedly detection/difference tests for sampling/bits. Laughable that you post someone else's speaker preference tests, the kind you don't do!

Which is exactly what I'm proposing for PAF 2024, you taking a blind test administered by someone else where you can't game/fake it. I'd be happy to do a test of my speakers vs your Revels. Don't be scared ;-)

@amir_asr You did not read anything I wrote and you didn’t answer 🤣. I asked why you closed the thread. Closing the thread is in essence censoring the video because you’re butt hurt at anyone posting his content to your website. That post will now sink to the bottom and not be seen.

You just said if people are rude on ASR they are shown the door. Well you better show yourself the door. This was your comment on the top 5 discussion.

“Hate clickbait titles like that. It seems every second there is another like that. This whole monetization business drives creators to make so many of these.”

Hate is a strong word and it contributes nothing to the conversation about the speakers which was the topic, in a speaker subsection of your website. Your comment derailed the discussion and then you shut it down like people were acting out of line the responses defending him received way more likes than yours and you got into a huff.

People were rude in the other thread about AJs speakers which I think you let go on because you don’t like Soundfield or AJ. You never shut it down until it was too late and everyone was hostile. For the record I don’t have a dog in this fight, as I think that speaker search was suspect and I have a feeling was AJ trying to post his product on your website by some other member. I see both sides of this and how people can take advantage of forums to self promote. Erin’s video was not that. Doug Demuros car videos are put up on Reddit all the time and not removed because it adds another perspective and gets people talking on Reddit. All you are doing is alienating fans of yours by how you behave here. I was a fan up until this point.

I post on your website I won’t disclose my username because I don’t want retribution.

To repeat you did not answer me. Not on that question and you didn’t answer me on how much money you personally make for your business promoting your own reviews of products you sell on your website and forum.

 

 

Amir said "People who claim they should listen first and measure second, just have it wrong. They will then be giving you a random subjective opinion"

 

Yeah that’s me, no I have it right.

Apparently you want to be biased before listening. I thought blind testing was scientific?

It is completely backwards to know the measurements beforehand. it basically insures being biased. Bizarre. Not very logical and makes me lose respect for your methods.  

 

I am probably banned from ASR, not sure, but I’m banned from so many of these sites, I have lost count, lol! I actually consider it a badge of honor, because like most folk, I don’t always agree with the forum admins, and as such they pull the ‘holier than thou’ card and censor/ban anyone who has differing opinions, or goes against their little TOS. I was recently banned from the SH forum, as a mod( over there they have the temerity to consider themselves as ‘gort’s’) didn’t like a logical question I asked about selling some gear on their site, and then tried to make me beg his forgiveness to remain on the site;pathetic on a number of levels.