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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
amir_asr
777 posts
 

@prof Wait I never called the tact eq box snake oil. The other member of Audiogon did. Then I tried to explain why that argument was somewhat valid but I agree it's not snake oil in the strictest sense. 

TacT processor was not snake oil in any sense, strict or otherwise.  It was a pioneering system with multi channel Room EQ and digital in and out.  It was what led to Room EQ eventually becoming standard in every AV processor or Receiver you buy today.  It was and has been transformative.

The processor was expensive to build.  Each channel had a dedicated board with its own high performance, dedicated DSP.  It was a marvel of audio engineering:

You are completely out of line with this line of questioning and discussion.

somethingsomethingaudio
116 posts
 

@amir_asr You better ban me. Oh wait you can't because this isnt your forum.

prof
3,509 posts
 

@somethingsomethingaudio 

I give up on playing whack-a-mole as you jump around to different points.

(And btw, the Tact came out when there were very few alternatives to that powerful room correction device.  You just don't seem to know what you are talking about).

ETA:  I see Amir addressed that too.

somethingsomethingaudio
116 posts
 

@prof Okay your call. I was responding to what you said. My point remains that people on ASR call products snake oil based on their expensive price. All day long. 

prof
3,509 posts
 

@prof Okay your call. I was responding to what you said. My point remains that people on ASR call products snake oil based on their expensive price. All day long. 

You are simply wrong.  You are part of the problem in spreading misinformation like that.

I have over 5,000 posts on ASR.  How many do you have in terms of actual familiarity with day to day content?

I know how the term "snake oil" is is typically used there - it is usually used to denote bogus or dubious claims made for a product. And yes there is much disparagement there about audiophile companies charging high prices FOR BOGUS or unsupported claims.  That's the point - with snake oil you aren't getting the performance you are led to believe you were getting in paying all that extra money over cheaper alternatives.

Anyone can see you are wrong by going to ASR, search "snake oil."

You will see it normally used just as I've described.

Stop spreading misinformation, and  then maybe Amir won't have to spend his time showing up to correct it.

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