confirmation bias does not last very long. over the longer run is where you tell if an upgrade really is an upgrade. lots of listening to lots of music, often in a relaxed state not really paying full attention, something will make you take notice. hopefully something spectacular!
Is positive reinforcement why things are sounding better?
So I buy a nice amplifier and later I buy a nice preamplifier and then later I buy Nice speaker cables and each time things seem to improve nicely.
And then I buy telefunken 12ax7 nos tubes for a tube amplifier, and improved tonality, clarity and a tighter sound is what I get and it's very engaging (tubes are only a few days old). The cymbals seem to come through with more openness.
Things seem to be sounding pretty good and I'm saying to myself is it real or is it just positive reinforcement playing with my head? And the devil is telling me oh let's buy more NOS tubes for the rest of the amplifier. The effects of positive reinforcement can be very expensive.
Just curious if positive reinforcement experiences have occurred for others, and how can you really tell?
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+1 @mahgister Before I built a properly soundproof listening room and then spending a couple years finding the proper acoustic treatments for it to sound good to my ears, no way was I able to accurately assess the values, positive or negative, of any piece of equipment. |
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thanks! your testimony is very clear! You said it better than me and with few words...😊
This will help those who think that "tasting " the gear is the key... Or those who think that measuring the gear specs anew is the key ... We dont lack deluded people thinking acoustics concepts and parameters are secondary to gear price tags ...
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