@prof and if you think Amir isnt promoting ASR on here, something he staunchly is opposed to on his website, I dont know what to tell you
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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I did. Massively so. We helped him create his channel by giving him access to huge number of visitors. I even helped him get his Klippel system up and running and calibrate his measurements against a speaker I had tested. Once he got rolling this is how he finished his reviews:
A single post like that will get you banned on any forum, audio or otherwise. It didn't on ASR but we did warn him repeatedly that he should not do this. But he continued in various ways to pull traffic from us his site/channel with advertising, etc. Eventually this came to a head, and he was banned. Alas, after he got his painful divorce, I unbanned him and he remains so as I type this. Members constantly link to and post his reviews/website. There is no more "courtesy" to be had to offer him. There are no parallels between the above and my posting here. I am not creating new threads and posting links and pleading with money as Erin was doing. The membership here decided to create a thread specifically discussing ASR. Accusations are made against me/ASR which are disputed with factual quoting from ASR. Links to ASR are not commercialized with sponsored links, advertising, etc. Knock on wood, ASR is larger than audiogon unlike the hugely reversed situation with Erin. So while he badly needed us to get started and collect money, we are in no such situation.
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As I have repeated explained, speakers have been tested using countless controlled listening tests. Measurements were then made that correlate with the preferences of those listeners. Whatever listening abilities those humans had, came into account in this research. You said you read Dr. Toole's book so you should know all of this. With other gear, when we test humans, they routinely can't replicate their sighted claims of fidelity in blind tests. Therefore, there is little that is real that needs to be investigated. If anything, I am your champion as evidenced by me showing that small impairments can be heard. You need to come to my defense when I post such data, not continue to complain. :) |
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