SoftwireEngineer wrote: > Another observation or illusion (?), if I unplug all the power cords, > clean the prongs with just a clean paper towel and plug it in, the > system sounds very detailed. I check for this with very low volume > listening. What could be happening ?
Very likely the system is being affected by Expectation Bias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimenter's_bias). Simply knowing about the change will change your perception of the output. Your brain is very bad at dealing with visual vs auditory stimulus. For example, the 'McGurk effect' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?hd=1&v=G-lN8vWm3m0) ('more info' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGurk_effect)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98374 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
