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

@mahgister can you please ask me what you want with one phrase?

You quoted me with a bunch of bombastic statements.

I think I was pretty concise on what I asked from you. If you want me to summarize with one word, here it is: stop

 

"I think it’s pretty pointless to argue against use of measurements to establish what is good sound reproduction. Note that good sound reproduction is different than good sound. One is objective the other subjective.

It’s also true that metrics alone do not tell the whole story. They are capable of getting things right but are often applied incorrectly or incompletely. It’s worth arguing that case by case but not that metrics are always the whole story or that they are of no value. It’s really not so complicated to understand. I find much of the content of this thread pretty useless. Maybe Amir’s site has more to offer. I’ll have to check it out more often."

 

 

Yes, correct, what virtually everyone agrees about.

 

The problem with this thread is due to one person. mahgister

mahgister ..... JUST STOP. Your neurotic verbosity is a drag. I along with nearly everyone else here ignores it.  

 

You are spamming this thread and site with endless BS that no one has the patience for. Go take a walk.  Get some fresh air. Learn about being concise.

Sorry dude but sometimes we all need some tough love.

 

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mapman

21,131 posts

 

What exactly are we arguing about again? 

Nothing. Just the ASR propaganda. Read my question I posted above:

I wonder, if ASR website (Amir Science Review) was so popular, beating every single audio forum & site, including Stereophile, by multiple TIMES, why the owner of that site, the honorable Amir His Majesty, spend so much time here? 50 posts so far on this thread alone in a few days. Daily. Even in weekends. And very long elaborate posts. Nobody wonders why so many men hours that can be spent measuring stuff, and posting in the website he owns? 🤔 

 

Think!

Oh:

Maybe Amir’s site has more to offer.  I’ll have to check it out more often. 

 

Please… let’s not be ridiculous 

 

 

 

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