adamdea;575513 Wrote: > Very intriguing. I was under the impression that the measurement school > more often argue that their measurements demonstrate the absence of a > genuine difference resulting from subjectivist endorsed tweaks. Or to > put it another way, it is more often subjectivists who argue for > expensive gear which objectivists see as doing nothing (or nothing > positive). Examples which come to mind from this very forum are the > debate about whether a linear psu can make any difference to a digital > transport, and the usual wranglings about cables. I accept that it is > possible for an objectivist to argue that a difference in measurable > performance might justify buying a product that subjectivists see no > benefit in, but it rarely comes around that way. I don't reckon that > many Nordost Valhalla purchasers are keen measurers. > John's position seems to be a rather interesting post-objectivist > revisionism which on a number of issues finds measurements which might > possibly support subjective impressions that eg cables or linear psus > work. However (and I hope I am not misrepresenting John here) he > concedes that these measurement differences do not appear to support > the thesis that eg changing cables or linear psus will have predictable > or even predictably positive effects on any given system. > > If I ever win the lottery I intend to endow the first chair of > meta-audiophilology
My comment was incomplete, I agree with what you're saying, both objectivists and subjectivists can be blinded by their own brand of voodoo. -- Goodsounds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78938 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
