drmatt wrote: > Ok, maybe you're right and lots of people are wrong. >
No maybe about it. Myself and people like me have had this situation under control for over 30 years. The powers that be in high end audio don't want to face me because of the proven adverse effects on them: http://www.stereophile.com/news/050905debate/#HiClge3a4TQTAOzi.97 > > One thought. What can explain the phenomenon of multiple independent > reviewers/listeners attributing the same type of character to a given > DAC then? > They aren't truly independent. They've been reading each other's propaganda for up to 40 years. > > I really don't believe there is some giant conspiracy here, with a cheat > sheet being sent out for the reviewers to plagiarise on each product. > Clear case of not seeing the forest for the trees. To see the trees, you have to change your viewing point. > > So, I am still convinced that I can tell the difference between the DACs > I have tried out. > Clear case of the Dunning-Kruger effect. > > I accept there are many reasons why i might perceive differences that > are not in fact there, not least of which is how my blood pressure is on > a given day.. but even so I believe I can reasonably reliably detect > longer term differences once I've "averaged out" individual listening > sessions as it were. (For the occasions where I get to do an extended > trial, that is..) I accept this is just me trusting my senses.. and yet, > I am not confident if I would be able to in a well controlled dbt. > Mainly because I've done sighted tests using some types of source music > and not been able to distinguish. (Note that where I've not been able to > distinguish during a demo, I've said so.) > > Long term though, I've always picked it up. So far. Still deluded? ;) The results of inherently flawed experiments. I've revealed the secrets about how to do it right, very few ever do. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
