Musicnoise
I never can get over that handle
Musicnoise
thats super.
What is music to one is noise to another, huh? Thats a great pseudonym.
I want to personally thank you for enticing me to do my little AB test. I never have had the thought to do one outright, nor did I have the devices which could truly facilitate such an endeavor quickly enough for such a test. I had begun to doubt my previous thoughts on whether or not there truly were diffs, one to another with cabling.
Thanks to you Ive finally determined unequivocally, that there are indeed differences. Better. Lesser. In regard to cables
. And I appreciate it very much.
So
putting the slide rule and specimen jar, aside now
Everything has its place. Research. Testing. Practice. Application. Implementation. Revision
on the clinical side. All quite traditional methods for exploration of theorems, or theories, and ideas. Ive absolutely no issue with science at all.
AS Ive said previously, if the human element was not involved, perhaps then, and likely only then, things might become vastly different. There is a time and place for all of it.
So long as we humans are around, were going to say and do things which are contrary to a clinical approach.
For ex
when buying shoes
do you simply pick out the size style, and color you want, or do you slip them on first?
Or a gun
do you merely seek out the appropriate caliber for the task, without regard to fit and feel, or brand?
Ever order a new car or truck without driving it first?
How bout that home of yours
Did ya take a peek inside before closing on it, or just look at the specs, location and square footage?
Ya know, science said those gaskets on the Challenger would be fine too
even without ever having been tested in those conditions
. Common sense observations said otherwise. We all know the result of that event.
Now I did try one scientific approach during my previous marriage
I bought my wife a table saw for her birthday. Figuring she wouldnt use it and I could, but a present had been bought and a remembrance of the special occasion had been made.
She wasnt terribly pleased with that approach, despite my assurances Id use it till she could, and it would benefit us both!
She never did use that saw. In fact she sold it. Her justification was simple
when I asked her why she sold it she reminded me
: well, it was mine, wasnt it?
I know thats not a great analogy for this topic, but I felt compelled. The plan seemed solid enough
it was the outcome which threw me.
Mere science, even pure science, without consideration doesnt always win out positively
for even science in its most pristine form is subject to the human condition, and consequent evaluation.
I feel the vast majority of audio & video enthusiast which spend severe amounts of time energy, and money, are intelligent, considerate, and thoughtful people
by and large.
Not every audio or video junkie is flush with funds either. Therefore, the litmus test for any application, integration, or use of higher end devices will always be the subjective consideration of the buyer
. And thats no simple matter.
If such people are driven more by ego, or peer pressure, than by honest evaluation, then so be it! Let em bleed. Its their party.
The truly only appropriate equation for any audio or video nut is this
If you hear or see a thing as being better, and can justify the expense for acquiring that level of betterment or difference, then by all means
BUY IT.
Either way
if one chooses a clinical methodology or a simple plug it in methodology, I say Have fun
the last word always is a human one anyhow, huh?
The only justification Ive ever had to make is the Can I afford that degree of improvement, or differenced?
.and sometimes Ill ignore that answer if it doesnt suit me. In the end or at least to this point, the ONLY poor choice has been a sideways step or two, and not one that undermined my system building efforts. Its all been an ongoing upwardly moving sojourn.
Doug
Its no wonder folks dont do a whole system wireing AB test. The cost is too prohibitive. Wed all know the major result beforehand too
. It would be different. The question remaining would be, Is it better? and the issue would be, Wonder what all them wires would do in my system?
but it would be interesting reading I suppose
. Or time well wasted. Its one of the two Im sure. Interesting, never the less.
