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| Speaker wire is it science or psychology First of all, thanks to my defenders. Apologies heartily accepted, JD, and don't stay out of it. We all cross over the line occasionally, because it's inevitable in forums like this. I am, however, growing tired of this thread. | |
| Sour DOW/NASDAQ to kill digital future? It's possible that the real impact will be felt on the software side. Soft sales figures may discourage record companies from investing the extra resources required to produce multiple formats. That will mean fewer titles in the new formats, and t... | |
| Believers VS. nonbelievers???? GEEzzzzz Jadem: The science involves objective listening tests (as opposed to the kind most audiophiles do most of the time). Two amps, both operating within their design parameters (e.g., not clipping) and not having any substantial frequency response or ... | |
| Believers VS. nonbelievers???? GEEzzzzz Sedond: Actually, there remains a sizeable pool of people who have studied amplifiers and are quite convinced that a large majority of them are indeed sonically indistinguishable. The fact that you keep your head in the sand does not make the enti... | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s I think the key to this lies in the 2nd and 3rd sentences of Jadem's post. The former starts, "The assumptions..." The latter starts, "These effects..." That's quite a lot of scientific progress in the space of a single sentence. Yes, assumptions ... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Redkiwi: You try out a new set of cables that sound different than your old set, and you report that here. A scientist sees your post and says, well, there are two possible explanations:1) The new cable does something to the electrical signal pass... | |
| Believers VS. nonbelievers???? GEEzzzzz Sedond: Actually, it was a long time ago, and folks didn't change their minds because somebody said, "Oh, maybe science doesn't have all the answers yet." They changed their minds because some scientist proved them wrong. That's all we objective s... | |
| Believers VS. nonbelievers???? GEEzzzzz You're quite the literalist, aren't you, Albert? Fine then, since you seem to need it spelled out for you, why don't all CD-ROMs come with green rims? Why doesn't CompUSA carry green pens? We do you believe everything some salesman tells you? (For... | |
| Believers VS. nonbelievers???? GEEzzzzz Detlof: I'm trying to draw a distinction between two assertions:1."I like the sound of vinyl better than CDs."2 "Vinyl is better than CD because..."You're right--I cannot know what you hear, nor can I know what it is you want to hear or think you ... | |
| Believers VS. nonbelievers???? GEEzzzzz No, Albert, that explanation is the voodoo. If it were right, CD-ROMs, for which error avoidance is far more critical, would all be green. | |
| Believers VS. nonbelievers???? GEEzzzzz Detlof: You are dead wrong about one thing: Science DOES have an explanation for what you all claim to hear through your green pens. It's that you are allowing non-auditory cues to influence your sensory perception, a phenomenon that has been well... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Detlof: "I began to wonder, if any member of the 'honorable opposition' ever went to live concerts" is what is known as an ad hominem attack. It's also quite false. The last time I went to Carnegie Hall, I didn't hear any of the effects of out-of-... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Redkiwi: Either you've now stated your position more clearly, or I misunderstood the point you were trying to make earlier (or, probably, a little of both). From my perspective, of course, it's not the scientists who are closed-minded. They'll con... | |
| Blind Listening Evaluation Dekay: Fair question; no two units ever measure identically, for example. But barring construction flaws, units tend to measure within very tight tolerances. (Speakers can be an exception, but nobody ABX's speakers.) If so, and if they cannot be d... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology I take it, Redkiwi, that you cannot answer the question. |