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THE AUDIOPHILE PRESS
On 10 Oct 2003 01:25:17 GMT, (Michael
Scarpitti) wrote:
(Stewart Pinkerton) wrote in message ...
If your attitude is that "I
heard it, so it *must* be real", then I can only say that :
a) You are just plain wrong
b) You have no interest in advancing your knowledge of Hi-Fi music
reproduction
c) Any time you'd like to drop in, I'll be happy to demonstrate that
you most certainly did *not* hear any substantial difference
That's an epistemelogical impossibility. I heard what I heard. I heard
it repeatedly and consistently. Bias can't do that. Unless, of course,
bias is so sophisticated it can vary its intensity and show up, all on
cue.
When attempting to use big words, it's handy to know what they mean.
It is most certainly possible to hear things which have no physical
existence - we do it every night in dreams. It's also perfectly
possible to hear differences in audio gear which have no physical
existence - I have demonstrated this many times with 'false sighted'
AB tests where 'B' was never switched in. This didn't stop the
audience duly reporting the extra 'air' and 'inner detail' of a valve
amplifier which was never connected!
Bias can most certainly do that, inded that's a *classic* example of
how bias works. You think you hear something one time, so the next
time you listen, of course you hear it again, because you *know*
what's connected. This is precisely *why* DBTs were invented. Your
continued denial of this well-known problem is extremely naive, and
goes to suggest that (b) above is your main problem.
Have you not heard of the classic hi-fi sales technique, best
encapsulated in 'The Emperor's New Clothes'?
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
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