Arny Krueger wrote:

Does knowing the identity of a device affect the sound quality?

Knowing the identity of a dcertainly can affect the perceptions of sound
quality.

It is a pity that more people do not understand that knowing the
identity of a device can affect the perceptions of sound quality. Or
maybe some people do not want to understand; people being people, this
is understandable. Hype's worst enemy is a critical thinker who is
able to, at least for a while, set aside his ego to examine the
evidence. But, again, people being people, I think the golden-ears
myth is going to have a good hold of some people for many more years.
And the subjectivist audio magazines know this and are laughing all the
way to the bank. JA must be very amused. JA, take a bow. You deserve
it, big guy. Audio has given me many laughs, and I think audio will
give me many more laughs. Pity.

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