mlsstl wrote: > Yes, our brain actively influences how we perceive how we hear. No one > should dispute that. However, the one big drawback of subjective > reviewing is that Mr. Harley's vivid imagination -- i.e., what his brain > does with all of those non-audio factors such as appearance, knowledge > of brand name, price and so on -- is impossible to reliably transfer to > other listeners. The good vibes that Harley's subconscious attaches to a > thick-milled front panel with special blue lights may well invoke the > opposite response from someone else. > > It is always interesting how many "enormous" differences under sighted > listening conditions shrink significantly in size when auditioned under > truly blind conditions. I just wish the subjectivists would stop the > silly pretension of insisting their imaginative perceptions are always > and only due to some obscure technicality that anyone with golden ears > could hear. If you don't hear what they hear, you become a clod with an > inferior system. > > Now that Mr. Harley has admitted he has an imagination, it'd be nice if > he could take the next step and admit that perhaps some of what he hears > is due to that instead of claiming that he is hearing the difference > between a signal at -112 dB vs -110 dB or some picoseconds of jitter, > etc.
You're grasped and distilled my point perfectly. Thank you for that very well written and well thought out post. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98300 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
