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.
Here is a "review" from ASR. Amir doesn't even share whether he would recommend it. Just says vote with your eyes. A company sends you a $20,000 test pair and you can't even be bothered to listen. "As I noted, due to lack of time, I do not have listening impressions for you." How the @#!$ do you evaluate a speaker without that? I would love to see a car review without driving it. Astonishing. |
No AJ. It doesn't bother me.
There was no proctor available to vouch for authenticity of my subjective listening tests. It was during the time of Covid and proctors just didn't want to make home visits. Meanwhile, we have this: Do you need help understanding this AJ? Is it befitting of a $20,000 speaker? |
@amir_asr I am not AJ. You’re so rude and people come to your defense. Nice of you to be so condescending and sarcastic. That is your science at work? I post on ASR regularly. Explain to me how a review for a loudspeaker does not entail listening to it. Joke. Doesnt bother you but you continue to unravel and let this whole conversation frustrate you more and more. |
It has been explained. Repeatedly. I have even post a video I have done on it. Someone’s subjective testing of a single speaker has little to no value. That you seek is useless. The purpose of my listening tests is to determine audibility of flaws seen in measurements, not something onto themselves. Here, the flaws of the speaker are quite apparent. With the speaker being quite large and heavy, I made an exception to my general stance of listening and EQing it and letting the membership build a consensus. That you ignore some 300 speaker reviews with listening tests and pick this one to complain about shows anything but good intentions. Move on. |
