P Floding;180332 Wrote: > However, I don't think the hobbyists called "audiophiles" should have to > keep this in mind every time the would like to endulge in their chosen > hobby.
Well, while I try to be respectful of people who can hear a difference, I have to somewhat disagree with this statement. I have been personally subjected to salespeople who promolgate unproven claims of better audio quality in order to extract money. The audio shop I bought my recent power amp stated that "everything has a colour", meaning even piece of equipment influences tonality, etc. This is provably false for certain equipment of a certain class. I watch many people claim improvement and performance enhancements for significant dollars, many of which contradict known principles of engineering and physics. While I believe someone when they claim they can hear an improvement (I believe their claim of perception), if it costs money, especially lots of money, then I think there is an obligation to demonstrate the claim beyond advertising statements using something that is recognized as approaching consensus principles of evaluation. That means, to me in order of credibility: 1. Direct Measurement with known correlation to audibility 2. DBT where direct measurement is not (yet) known 3. Single person multi-trial ABX (as a causual test) (so called HABX testing, where a person does the ABX testing works for me) AB testing when you known which is what is not convincing to me. You can always mod something, or sell something on non-performance features. Claims of performance and efficacy demand a higher standard, if you want my money. -- Eric Carroll Transporter-Bryston 3B SST-Paradigm Reference Studio 60 v.4 SB3-Rotel RB890-B&W Matrix 805 SB3-Pioneer VSX-49TXi-Mirage OM7+C2+R2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Carroll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9293 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32352 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
