mswlogo;210426 Wrote: > I'm glad to hear you did a side by side test. I certainly value anyones > opinion as long as they make an effort to do somewhat of a valid test. > Step one is to do side by side A/B test. Step 2 is to blind side by > side test which is not always easy to do. > > I have done what Tom describes above too many times to count. Got this > great nice new component, plug it in and go Oh my god this is great. > Then it turns into, oh shoot. Now that I matched levels and go back > forth one minute I think I hear a difference and next minute I don't. > It was on old favorite test album I had not listened to in 6 months > (what ever, it had no immediate reference). It was that hyped up > adrenalin on the first listen that made it sound great. Completely in > my head. Its very hard to forget that first impression too and if you > know which system youre on youll be biased forever. Cant tell you > how many times this has happened. And how disappointed I was when I > more carefully tested things. Its hard, very hard. Sometimes its > easier to assume the more expensive setup is better because it > should be.
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