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Re: It does not work that way...

>>There are 2 incontrovertible facts involved in my parable.
>
>Only the first statement satisfies that criterion.

In your opinion. I assure you that my dissatisfaction was real. I find
it amazing that you now claim to be a mind reader in order to be able
to wriggle out from the implications of my experience.

>>2) The solid-state amplifier did not satisfy me in long-term
>>listening, >despite all the non-audio factors working in its favor.
>
>Your comments do not take into account hidden or unconscious bias...

Nor do they take into account ESP or your claims to be able to
discern my state of mind a quarter century ago. Again: despite my
love for the Quad amplifier, despite the fact that it was very much
less expensive than the amplifier it replaced (meaning I made money
on the exchange), despite it being, small, cool-running, and despite
the hero-worship I felt (and still feel) for its designer, in the long
term, and without reference to other amplifiers, it proved extremely
unsatisfying in the task for which I had purchased it. That sir, is a
fact.

I suppose you will next suggest that I should have performed further
blind tests to "prove" that my dissatisfaction was illusory? Ecept
that I imagine that would have produced the same result as before, in
which case I would still be stuck with a sound that dissatisfied.
Only a fool or someone in the throes of religious zeal would regard
that as rational behavior, I respectfully suggest.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

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