Jenks;151833 Wrote: 
> Yes there simply are no facts.  All we have is models of the world that
> we choose to use, to uncomplicate things, as you say - but as soon as
> we stop challenging our models we stop learning anything new.  People
> don't like that kind of ambiguity, but if you embrace it you are closer
> to the universe's secrets.  If there is anything I have learned in this
> life it is that answers do not lie at the extremes, no matter how
> convenient that would be.  The best answer is usually found in the
> middle somewhere.
> 
> I ripped the board out of a SB2, modified it a lot, stuck it in a box
> with a DAC board and some linear power supplies and it sounds fab - as
> good as anything I have had or borrowed.
> 
> But I think with the TP I could ditch my preamp too so may be the
> business.

Hi again

Like I said, I admire scientists' curious minds. Without questionings
some of the fundamentals, many breakthroughs would not have happened.
But imo, you have to draw a line when enough experiments are performed
and verified a certain theory or model, that you have to accept that it
is the 'truth' until some one manages to come up with a new angle for an
experiment and disprove it. If you do not accept the possibility of some
form of truth and facts do indeed exists, you no longer live in a world
that we can touch upon, feel upon. Reality will become virtual if you
have absolutely no 'facts'. In fact I just recently read one of 
Richard Feynman's lectures in the book The Meaning of It All, in which
he went in depth about what the term 'scientific' means. If you just
dream of models after models, then I guess you will be glad to get into
the String theory camp. At some point, you do need to draw a line to
differentiate facts vs fictions. imho. i am no scientist.

But again, this is just a piece of consumer electronics. I see no
reason why you would put yourself through that kind of torture. Buy it.
If you dont like it, I am sure you can get rid of it on audiogon in no
time with minimal loss. Then you can go back to your modified SB3. 

The Scientiifc American article I referred to in an earlier post is
called The Tyrrany of Choice. Highly recommended!


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