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In Reply to: Pity the audiophile who trusts his/her ears, eh? posted by bjh on February 13, 2007 at 07:14:13:
A favorable review from a magazine, friend, or salesman, that led to the audition of that component could bias what was "heard" if the component's brand/model was not hidden during the audition.A person who really wanted to trust his own ears would NOT want to know the brand/model of component he is auditioning because those facts are not necessary to judge the sound quality.
This is just common sense applied to prevent what you know (or think you know) about a component from biasing a purchase decision that you really want to be based on sound quality.
Maybe YOU need to know the brand and model of component in use to determine how it sounds.
I don't.
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
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Follow Ups
- But audiophiles rarely do that. . They read positive reviews first ...and then are biased when they audition a component - Richard BassNut Greene 07:38:36 02/13/07 (38)
- Still no answer to the real question. - markrohr 09:58:46 02/14/07 (7)
- If the imagination is active, it can lead you to like OR dislike a component - Richard BassNut Greene 12:41:38 02/14/07 (6)
- You must be a *great* dancer, Richard . . . - markrohr 15:23:16 02/14/07 (5)
- You don't "evaluate" power cords, you just say whatever you feel like saying about them - Richard BassNut Greene 07:12:32 02/15/07 (3)
- So you agree! - markrohr 10:19:13 02/15/07 (2)
- "audiophiles sometimes hear no difference at all." (I never hear those words because real audiophiles never say them) - Richard BassNut Greene 07:55:15 02/16/07 (1)
- So close and yet . . . nt - markrohr 09:54:19 02/16/07 (0)
- Better "Bob and Weave" than "Neil and Bob"!! :o) nt - Presto 16:14:14 02/14/07 (0)
- I guess I could add that auditions .... are often in a different room with different components than you have at home - Richard BassNut Greene 08:18:18 02/14/07 (5)
- WOW! Tough standard! - bjh 10:35:09 02/14/07 (4)
- Better than your no standards - Richard BassNut Greene 13:21:20 02/14/07 (3)
- blah blah blah BS nt - bjh 15:02:58 02/14/07 (2)
- That's bah bah bah (from bjh, the 'I know what I hear and could never be wrong' audiophile sheep) - Richard BassNut Greene 07:19:30 02/15/07 (1)
- blah blah blah BS nt - bjh 10:16:32 02/15/07 (0)
- Gee, does that mean - markrohr 07:15:59 02/14/07 (0)
- Re: But audiophiles rarely do that. . They read positive reviews first ...and then are biased when they audition a compo - Awe-d-o-file 15:12:47 02/13/07 (0)
- And that explains the numerous things I *don't* like, how, exactly?... nt - clarkjohnsen 10:56:04 02/13/07 (13)
- Maybe you were in a bad mood, or didn't like the person who wrote the review? - Richard BassNut Greene 08:23:05 02/14/07 (6)
- Who reads reviews? I'm not an eyes person like you, I'm all ears: I listen. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:34:38 02/14/07 (5)
- Then we have a conclusion. You dislike A/C cables if you happen to be in a bad mood or don't care for the brand name - Richard BassNut Greene 13:19:02 02/14/07 (4)
- "You dislike A/C cables if you... don't care for the brand name... [like] Irving Lipshitz." As you wish. BUT... - clarkjohnsen 12:05:11 02/15/07 (1)
- Lipshitz is a funny name ... - Richard BassNut Greene 08:06:30 02/16/07 (0)
- Re: Then we have a conclusion. You dislike A/C cables if you happen to be in a bad mood or don't care for the brand nam - kerr 05:00:41 02/15/07 (1)
- "It appears you speculated the conclusion." LOL! Of course he has no proof... - clarkjohnsen 14:11:47 02/15/07 (0)
- That's never been explained, to my knowledge - kerr 05:35:45 02/14/07 (5)
- Nor shall it be, as it totally falsifies the Nutty and PhDdy types' views. Yet on they rant. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:33:06 02/14/07 (4)
- With 20,228 posts here at the asylum, who are you to lecture on "ranting"? - Richard BassNut Greene 13:26:49 02/14/07 (3)
- I rant for reality, you rant for falsity -- exactly as seen above. I rest my case. nt - clarkjohnsen 12:08:35 02/15/07 (0)
- Bias - kerr 17:14:28 02/14/07 (0)
- That's strange... I only got 5,358 posts for Good Old CJ... - Presto 14:01:58 02/14/07 (0)
- blah blah blah BS nt - bjh 08:46:27 02/13/07 (7)
- Actually, he does have a point. - jneutron 09:03:14 02/13/07 (6)
- Huston, we have touch down... - bjh 18:23:25 02/15/07 (1)
- The package finally arrived?? - jneutron 06:29:24 02/16/07 (0)
- How come I didn't get a package of wire?... - Wellfed 09:55:13 02/13/07 (3)
- I pondered waiting for Steve Eddy to post sumptin first.he lost..:-) - jneutron 10:24:25 02/13/07 (2)
- Thanks for responding... - Wellfed 11:31:37 02/13/07 (1)
- no prob. - jneutron 11:44:57 02/13/07 (0)
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