This is cargo cult,
Now he's just trolling.
All the best,
Nonoise
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.
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Maybe, maybe not. You can't go by a brand name. You must measure it as a first step. I reviewed the Tannoy Revolution XT 6. You pay $1,200 and get this response: Fortunately subjectively is not as bad as it seems (due to bandwidth of our auditory filters). Still, there is no reason to put up with such a response (and distortion) when there are plenty of superior choices at those price points. This was my conclusion:
Bottom line, don't run with concepts such as coaxial. Insist on measurements to show efficacy. |
Amir made a point that audiophiles driven to do things like that cable lifter seem more indicative of cult-like thinking than those that appeal to more objective evidence - offering data for critical scrutiny and debate by others - such as he posted. You could rebut his point, but of course using the word "trolling" is always easier, isn’t it?
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Amir give us something positive... Nobody can deny that... ASR is useful... Once this is said ... By Jove! he must return to school in the evening 😉...Learn how to read a text... Learn why philosophical question matter to understand the relation between technology and science...I suggest Feyerabend ... And learn in psychology course that you can isolate some bias but you cannot erase all biases and you cannot make all biases negative or positive... Biases are not only prejudices they can be the results of training...Biases must be controlled and became conscious not eliminated... Do you know that placebo effect and nocebo effect can be observed WORKING REALLY and EFFECTIVE exactly as benzodiazepin drug for example in the same nervous system zone under pet scan imagery ? Then trusting you ears induce in training something positive or very negative if you think you are ONLY the prey of illusions... the ears mut not be believed, it must be trained.. i learned that this week listening the best virologist in the world... Than those who negate to classical musicians and to acoustician or to well trained mmusic lover any competence in hearing ability are IGNORANT ...They call that hard acquired gift a pretense : "golden ears" Those who want to shame you because you trust your ears are ignorant ... They ev en dont know how to serach for serious papers on the net it seems.. 😊 |
On the Internet? What does that have to do with anything? For the record, vast majority of research into acoustic science is NOT on the internet. Papers are behind paywalls at AES, ASA, etc. I am a member so get access. If you want an extremely cogent synopsis of them for almost nothing, again, buy Dr. Toole's book. |
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