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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. 

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cleeds
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amir_asr

You don't even dare to run a listening test without your eyes involved. It is an insult to the word "evidence" to call that such.

Logical fallacy, ad hominem.

amir_asr
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@cleeds

Logical fallacy, ad hominem.

Misdirection and projection. I am the only one posting results of listening tests here where only my ears are involved.  Do you have some or not?

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amir_asr

I am the only one posting results of listening tests here where only my ears are involved.

It’s been shown how your listening "tests" and your claims about them are more than a bit suspect. In any event, the results of any tests I’ve been part of wouldn’t refute your tests, even if they were valid. That’s not how it works. Of course, your interest is to continue argument ad infinitum, so as to drive traffic to your forum and website. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that as long as you're honest about your intent.

amir_asr
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@cleeds

 And it’s how you can just positively know how something will sound, without ever having gone to the trouble of actually listening to it.

Same way we know you can't breathe oxygen on the moon.  It is called science and engineering.  Again, your doctor doesn't have to become sick like you to diagnose what is wrong with you.  As I explained to you in my response, we analyze audio performance using many factors. Measurements are tools.  Conclusions are based on far more than that.

That is on top of the fact that I listen to a ton of new products I review.  I do more listening tests in a month than audiophiles do in their entire lifetime.  You know this to be a fact yet you keep repeating otherwise.  From my review of Neumann KH120 II just a couple of days ago:

"Neumann KH120 MKII Listening Tests
Going into this review, I expected to focus on tonality as I always do with my female reference/test tracks. But what I immediately noticed was the warmth of the bass out of this little speaker! Even on a track that doesn't show case this, there was nicely present low frequency response. And it wasn't just the ears that detected it. Low notes were accompanied by cool puffs of air landing on my nose! This was at 1+ meter/4 feet which again, is impressive for such a small speaker."

I went through the "trouble" of listening to it, right?  And this is on ASR. 

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amir_asr

I do more listening tests in a month than audiophiles do in their entire lifetime. You know this to be a fact yet you keep repeating otherwise.

I have never, ever said anything of the sort. Ever. Not once. Not here or anywhere. So, Amir, please stop with the insults and fabricated arguments.

As to your claim that you listen to more in a month than audiophiles do in a lifetime: good luck trying to prove that.

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