mlsstl;609198 Wrote: > RE: Expectation Bias > > It is a common misconception that any subjective influence we > experience only involves what we expect or want. > > Our brains aren't quite that simple minded. Psychological studies show > that while we are often easily influenced by subjective factors, they > are often subliminal and do not necessarily give results that correlate > to anything anticipated. > > A very interesting general book on the subject is "A Mind Of Its Own" > by Cordelia Fine. It has nothing to do with audio per se, but we don't > quit being human just because our stereos are involved. > > Others have pointed out that the improvement may have been the result > of clean connections from unplugging & replugging cables. But it may > have also been the culmination of various unconscious influences that > day. Some you might be able to understand (getting your "good sound" > back was a great relief) but other things might be more difficult to > spot and sort.
Thanks for this thoughtful reply. You are obviously a very intelligent person who'll never stoop to the level of personality obsessions and ad hominem attacks that some of the more deranged and delusional patients around here suffer from. I completely agree with you on this. The thing that continues to puzzle me is that even a day later, after the initial changes took place, I still hear definitive improvements in resolution, the clarity and the firmness and all-roundedness of sound. In other words, my findings appear to be consistent and coherent. This is telling me that, because the impressions are getting confirmed even after the first episode, there must be some more enduring factors at play here. The positive changes were not a side effect of a mere fluke that may have happened that day, they got carried over and forward. -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85495 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
