PhilNYC;176617 Wrote: > Well, apparently my psychology is such that the placebo effects are > consistent and relatively permanent. :-) > > But again, as has been said in this thread, for those of us who choose > to indulge in swapping power cords, vibration control devices, etc, it > is really tiring to be told again and again about double-blind testing.
Yep, and it's really annoying for people on the other side to hear about it again and again. And it's even more annoying seeing newbies come in and being told that they should spend some huge percentage of their (relatively small) budget on tweaks/cables/etc, which would clearly be better spent on actual equipment/ IMHO, the greater and greater irrelevance of "high-end" audio is to a great degree a result of this stuff. Most normal people, and _especially_ people with more technical backgrounds, get really turned off by the golden ears/mysticism stuff, and simply walk away. And the greater and greater irrelevancy makes it harder and harder to hear/buy new stuff, so it affects everyone. Just my $.02. -- totoro squeezebox 3 -> mccormack dna .5 -> audio physic tempo 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ totoro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32301 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
