In Reply to: RE: Hold it!!! posted by roio on October 2, 2014 at 14:20:34:
"...the further hypotheses proposed for interpreting the aforementioned phenomenon (circlotron sounds better than Yamaha 2010) should be also proven by using the only instrument that matters: your ears and those of your friends."Up to a point, yes. But listening tests have repeatedly shown that humans are not very good at discriminating even between supposed "night and day differences" when the claims are put to the test in double-blind experiments. It is clear that observer expectation plays a huge role in what we think we hear. Further evidence for this can be found on the "Tweakers' Forum," where people make utterly absurd claims of hearing differences supposedly caused by magic stones, flashing lights, and so on. Of course like any good spoon-bender, telekineticist or other charlatan, they express a total disdain for any scientific attempt to confirm the claim by means either of measurement or of double-blind testing.
So while I would agree that ultimately what matters is which amplifier gives the most enjoyment, I am not convinced that this is particularly correlated with any actual improved quality in the sound. Or indeed of any demonstrable difference between the sounds. In my own case, for example, I build and use tube amplifiers because it is fun, a little nostalgic, and I like the glow of the tubes. And in the case of OTL amplifiers there is the added pleasure of achieving something that seems so delightfully and absurdly perverse. But I don't think I would ever attempt to argue that my tube amplifiers, or indeed any tube amplifiers, are in any sense "better" than a decent solid state amplifier.
Chris
Edits: 10/02/14 10/02/14
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- RE: Hold it!!! - cpotl 16:54:33 10/02/14 (12)
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