"Fella" wrote in message


Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

DBT tests for audio are actually designed to
provide a biased result of there being no difference.


Bull****. They're used every day by mainstream
manufacturers
to determine whether design changes had any *real*
audible
effect.

Since everything sounds the same all the time why should
any
"design changes" have a "*real*" audible effect?

Obviously, everything doesn't sound the same all the time,
or else people would never check for them.

Since amps and
CD players are at the zenith of perfection, since they
can't
be bettered in any way (so say your tests) why would any
"mainstream manufacturers" bother to make any "design
changes"?

Guess what Fella, audio equipment has other attributes than
sound quality. Examples are size, cost, weight, appearance,
reliability, ease-of-use, and so on.

DBT's do not work, been there done that. Simple fact.

I don't recall reading any detailed descriptions of your own
personal DBTs, Fella.

This *is* about envy with you low-income nerd types, isn't
it?

Actually, being a nerd is a pretty good way to have a high
income.

You imagine your yamaha metallic sound $120 receiver as
sounding the same as some $5000 BAT integrated amp, yes?

Interesting possibility, no?

BTW Fella, there don't appear to be any such things as $120
Yamaha receivers being sold as new equipment. Does this mean
that the rest of your post is equally invalid?

That's how you are able to consume that edgy, glaringly
digital, transistor sound you get from your piece of ****
gear.

I think you really need to check your facts, Fella. The
$5995 BAT VK 300x integrated amplifier you mentioned has a
lot of solid state and not a lot of tubes in it. Check out
the article below from their web site - note the solid
state power amp heat sinks on each side, the absence of
*any* visible glass bottles, and the admission that the only
tube that this BAT integrated amp might have is an
extra-cost option?

http://www.balanced.com/products/amp/Vk-300x/