I am and I'm not supporting your point. I support the notion that psychological effects are present in many cases. I do not support the notion that "when people are asked which of two identical things are better, they almost never say "these are identical", and almost always say "this one is better"."
When I try tweaks or component comparisons or other "tests", I try to categorize the things I hear into one of three categories...(1) I hear a distinct difference that is easy to identify, (2) I hear a difference that I would probably only notice in an A/B comparison, or (3) I don't hear a difference. IMHO, categories (2) and (3) are ones that I might accept the idea that the differences I hear might be largely the result of psychological effects. IMHO, category (1) differences are significant enough that, if they were purely psychological, I might as well hang up the high end audio thing, buy a Bose WaveRadio, and imagine that it truly rocks... :-) (and I have heard vibration control products applied to my no-moving-parts components such as an amp or a DAC that fall into category (1) when compared to no vibration control tweaks. Admittedly, most comparisons of one vibration tweak versus another usually falls into category (2) and (3), with the only exceptions being Neuance Platforms and the TAOC platforms that I use) -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32301 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
