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In Reply to: If I may butt in posted by Bob W on January 25, 2001 at 04:56:25:
Notice even you have to say mind or imagination, which implies that they may not be the same thing. They certainly are not the same word, and mind seems is the more general term.Now, if we want to talk about "disingenuous," as Rod M. does, thus showing he can spell the big word, let's look at some usage in this thread. Cut-Throat introduced the term "mind" into the discussion, and he/she obviously did not mean imagination by it:
http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/general/messages/101144.html
"I don't believe it's audible expect maybe speakers (but that's a stretch too) The only burning in that is happening is in the mind.
I believe that last meal you just had affects the sound more than anything that can be done to a cable. "
And I said in a reply:
http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/general/messages/101268.html
"A day at work, come home dehydrated, and the system sounds lousy. A good drink of water, a nice meal, time to relax, and the system sounds great."
From this, one would conclude that Cut-Throat and I believe that physical conditions in the body are one thing that could influence what we hear--one thing that by no means comes under the term imagination. Therefore, neither of us could possibly consider mind and imagination to be equivalent terms in the context of this discussion. But that just isn't good enough for Rod M., Fear3000 and now maybe you.
I do not have to deny, and do not in fact deny, that at different times people are subjectively hearing something different, not to mention noticing something different, even though the equipment and program material or test signal has not changed. In fact, I think our hearing changes quite often. Indeed, many people here say that sometimes their systems sound different to them than at other times.
It seems as if Rod M, Fear3000, and apparently you, have decided that there are only a few positions possible, and find it hard to conceive of any other possible positions. Therefore, you try to fit my position into some pre-existing matrix of permitted positions. This is, in fact, a fairly natural tendency, but it is not reasonable.
BWT, I do not think that ordinary language usage is designed to deal with these sorts of problems.
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- Re: If I may butt in - Pat D 06:49:01 01/25/01 (1)
- Re: If I may butt in - gino 07:56:34 01/26/01 (0)
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