harmonic;227533 Wrote: > > Just about every thing you do or change in a audio component will > change the sound ,even if some dont here it , or dont whant to here it, > or dont beleive it, but that dossnet mean its not true, have musical > a system sounds cant be measured either.
Harmonic, I understand your point about players sounding the same in a blind-test but maybe not really sounding the same. (I understand it, whilst noting it will remain forever unprovable :-) ) But this reasoning doesn't cover my recent blind-test experience. I found that two players sounded different sighted, *and they sounded different in the blind-test too*. But I found my *preference* was reversed in the blind test. This, to me, indicated that my sighted listening was swayed by mental factors. It seemed like a reasonable conclusion at the time, and it still does. If you are thinking it's the difference between long-term and short-term listening "impressiveness", don't go there. Before the blind-test I preferred the opposite player on immediate comparison - it was my short-term preference that was reversed. Level playing field. If this sounds weird to you - I can assure you it was weird! Very weird indeed. Maybe it's just me that's going mad. But...blind testing is a real experience. When you start, you get this stupid smile on your face which says "o-oh, this audiophile pretender is going to get found out!". Such an experience is difficult to describe in scientific terms, but it makes you re-evaluate the nature of hearing itself - let alone hi-fi! That last sentence is almost subjectivist-sounding isn't it? Happy now? :-) Please don't argue that my short-term blind preference was not as valid as my short-term sighted preference!!! I will strangle myself if you do. Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 with Inguz -> Sony DAS-703ES DAC -> Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 (home-made room treatments and supports) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38379 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
