Biofeedback or Muscle Testing to measure tweaks

Posted by Nirmala (A) on February 12, 2013 at 19:09:38

Has anyone ever thought of measuring the listener to test the effect of various tweaks? You could use subtle biofeedback to see if some kinds of subtle tweaks created more or less stress in the listener's body.

Mark Levinson did something like this back when he was promoting the Bobcat software as described a ways down this page: http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/he2005mh/1.html

He used muscle testing and seemed to show that regular PCM digital music would make someone's muscle go weak, but with the Bobcat software engaged the same person's arm would be strong. Maybe someone could do some muscle tesing with various tweaks. Or an even more elegant solution would be some kind of physiological biofeedback measurement such as galvanic skin response or heart rate variability that can show higher or lower levels of stress. Any biofeedback specialist/audiophiles out there?

If a tweak affected measurable physiological processes in the body, it does not seem that big a leap from there to suggest that they might also affect a person's hearing. And there are many physiological processes that are a lot easier to measure than hearing. Although it might also be interesting to actually do hearing tests with and without tweaks applied to the testing room. Any audiologist/audiophiles out there?

Maybe this has been discussed before, but it seems that there might be a way to test the farthest out tweaks that is reproducible and all of that. And it would not be too hard to make the tests blind to some degree.

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Topic - Biofeedback or Muscle Testing to measure tweaks - Nirmala 19:09:38 02/12/13 (34)

RE: Biofeedback or Muscle Testing to measure tweaks - Tony Lauck 16:57:32 02/13/13 (27)

RE: Biofeedback or Muscle Testing to measure tweaks - geoffkait 08:08:39 02/14/13 (26)

RE: Biofeedback or Muscle Testing to measure tweaks - Tony Lauck 09:31:03 02/14/13 (25)

Definitely felt muscle relaxation listen to cj - ph5y 15:18:30 05/27/13 (2)

RE: Definitely felt muscle relaxation listen to cj - May Belt 08:51:22 05/28/13 (1)

"...that very reaction could affect brain state in ways that are not necessarily conscious." - Kal Rubinson 12:58:11 11/11/13 (0)

RE: Biofeedback or Muscle Testing to measure tweaks - geoffkait 10:39:02 02/14/13 (21)

Absolutely Hilarious - unclestu 14:14:10 02/14/13 (20)

Color yourself confused - geoffkait 14:39:21 02/14/13 (19)

Lack of logic here, BIG time - unclestu 14:59:07 02/14/13 (18)

If you want to impress me... - geoffkait 15:31:52 02/14/13 (17)

Poor baby....... - unclestu 16:01:36 02/14/13 (16)

Uh, Stu - geoffkait 16:27:34 02/14/13 (15)

Your reading comprehension simply sucks. - unclestu 18:41:17 02/14/13 (14)

RE: Your reading comprehension simply sucks. - Tony Lauck 09:01:17 02/16/13 (1)

Actually, I agree - geoffkait 09:53:19 02/16/13 (0)

Ironic, isn't it? - geoffkait 22:43:15 02/14/13 (11)

Reading comprehension failure again - unclestu 11:43:58 02/15/13 (10)

I'm very impressed - geoffkait 12:50:30 02/15/13 (9)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA - unclestu 15:18:44 02/15/13 (8)

That's pretty silly - geoffkait 16:13:40 02/15/13 (7)

Lets see.... - unclestu 17:58:23 02/15/13 (6)

So what? - geoffkait 03:44:33 02/16/13 (5)

Poor baby - unclestu 13:13:17 02/16/13 (4)

This is your mind on drugs - geoffkait 15:00:52 02/16/13 (3)

Duhhhh..... - unclestu 15:54:53 02/16/13 (2)

Theory and Practice - Tony Lauck 08:48:42 02/17/13 (1)

I believe we are - unclestu 12:24:44 02/17/13 (0)

RE: Biofeedback - unclestu 22:00:26 02/12/13 (5)

RE: Biofeedback - Nirmala 07:08:09 02/13/13 (4)

Except for the cost - unclestu 11:44:23 02/13/13 (3)

RE: Except for the cost - Nirmala 12:44:23 02/13/13 (0)

RE: Except for the cost - Nirmala 12:40:16 02/13/13 (1)

Ahhhh.... - unclestu 13:09:49 02/13/13 (0)

Biofeedback or Muscle Testing to measure tweaks

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