In Reply to: Confession time: Have you ever "tricked" your own ears? posted by genungo on September 11, 2014 at 08:14:29:
Well, we did blind interconnect cable tests here and found that they made very clear audible differences...I preferred Goertz silver ribbon cables and stuck with them ever since.
We did blind preamp tests and found HUGE differences between them. Couldn't afford the winner so I "settled" for 2nd place :).
I have returned of sold off gear that I found didn't sound so good when at first it seemed promising but often a final opinion takes longer than a short audition you get when deciding whether or not to purchase. Lately, I have bought a number of items without hearing them first and that has been a mixed bag.
Tricking myself doesn't seem to be much of a problem because I am not in love with any set of ideas so I can remain relatively objective about my subjective opinion (i.e. I don't muddy it up further by bein "in love" with a piece of gear's design, looks, snob appeal or whatever). Being a reviewer for some years helped with that.
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