ezkcdude Wrote: > Yes, but in that case most people would also hear the change. We're > talking about a tweak in which half of us don't hear anything, and half > think it's the best thing since sliced bread.
Not necessarily. Small differences in volume are quite difficult to judge by ear, but can nonetheless make the music sound better. > > Let's get to the root of the problem. I believe it's psychology, but > for a different reason. I think that people say they hear a change, > because it says how great their system is. And if you don't hear a > difference, it's because your setup is not as good as theirs. Moreover, > the smaller the tweak, the better their system is. Heck, that argument > was used just a few posts ago. In my opinion, it's more about bragging > rights than about sound. I think you're being overly harsh here. While some might be motivated this way, I think most others are quite sincere, and simply hear something because they are expecting to. Since (at least in this case) they are strongly biased towards hearing something good, that's what happens. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26332 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
