jh901 wrote: > I have to ABX or else it's blind faith?! Pretty much, yes - blind faith in the reliability and repeatability of your ear-brain system as a measuring device.
OK, I am over-simplifying here, but when you hear an improvement as a result of changing some gear, how do you actually know it is not because of being in a slightly better mood that day - or because you know the gear cost $15.000, was designed by a famous designer, and praised in the audiophile press? "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
