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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
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thyname
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@mapman ?

 

thyname

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@mapman : what is Amir selling in Audiogon? I fail to see any Amir’s items for sale on his profile. Zero items sold either. Do you care to elaborate on your statement ?

 

https://www.audiogon.com/users/amir_asr

Audiogon is a business that makes money by enabling sales.

Please explain to me: how does Audiogon make money out of this? Other from deflection of Audiogon users to ASR ( Amir’s own website Amir Science Review). Are you implying Amir is paying Audiogon (under the table) to post here promoting his site? 

 

 

amir_asr
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The Null Tester was invented a long time ago by Ethan Winer. Not you.

What?  Null testers were "invented" before Ethan and I were born!  Neither he, nor I have remotely said about inventing one.  Ethan built a hardware null tester to show cables don't make an audible difference which I promoted on ASR as it was very good work. 

My test relies on an incredible software tool built by member pkane on ASR called Deltawave.  It works in digital domain so doesn't have noise or adjustment issues that Ethan's hardware null tester has.  For this reason, it can show a far more perfect null.  

But yes, both tests show that high-end cables don't make an audible difference.

somethingsomethingaudio
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@amir_asr between this and the 5128 discussion you must be drinking coffee and wearing a diaper.

You really can't take any criticism. You are spending so much time on this. And yes that post about only revel products does call your ethics into question. 

Show me where you promote other products you don't rep. Also you never answered why Erin's video for speakers was taken down but other top videos were not. 

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But yes, both tests show that high-end cables don’t make an audible difference.

Sure! What low-end cables do YOU recommend?

It works in digital domain so doesn't have noise or adjustment issues that Ethan's hardware null tester has. 

Are you saying Ethan’s Null Tester device was flawed?

 

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