Wood blocks underneath components?? snake oil?

Please don't mislead people by telling them you hear audible differences, it's just snake oil. I'm not even going to entertain an arguement here, there is no way any of you could pass a blind listening test. If it makes you feel better go ahead and do it, you might convince yourself something changed through the power of suggestion, but saying otherwise is just wrong.

Well there you are. The matter is finally settled.

I guess all of you who thought you heard a difference are feeling pretty silly right about now.

There are two truths. The truth when the non-believers are in the room, and the truth when the non-believers are out of the room.

Perkadin, Re: "I'm not even going to entertain an argument here...."

To paraphrase a famous line from Gone With the Wind, frankly my dear, I don't give a damm, what you entertain, or not!

This type of "discussion" comes up a lot with regard to cables as well. Is there a way we could implement a 2 step approach to determine whether the wood blocks are making a difference? For example, could we use a real time analyzer to look at the systems in-room characteristics with an without the wood blocks (or cables, or magic clocks, etc...) in place, then with the wood blocks in place. Obviously you may need to schieve a baseline via averaging repeated measurements, but hyptothetically could we establish whether or not, in room there is any difference, even if it is as minute as "80 hz is always -1db when the wood blocks are in place". If there was any consistent difference proceed to step 2, which would be to determine whether or not the human ear / brain interface is capable of distinguishing between the 2 scanarios.

I have never seen great data on what the human ear can and cannot detect, and I guess it could be different for any 2 individuals. Still I think there are probably some general characteristics regarding hearing that could help determine whether a reported difference is plausible or not.

Mind you I don't know if this is even possible, but I had to ask.