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In Reply to: RE: "Everything Sounds Different" Is The Heart & Soul (untruth) Behind RBG's Belief About Subjectivist Audiophiles posted by thetubeguy1954 on December 19, 2007 at 06:38:18
No need for doubt
No need for A-B SPL matching
No need for hiding brand names
No need for tests
No need for any proof
Just say anything you feel like saying about any audio component
and merely ASSUME you could easily hear a difference
between it and any other component.
That's the First Commandment of the Audio Amish
(the "high-end golden-ear vinyl and tube crowd")
Of course the Audio Amish don't go around exclaiming out loud
"Everything makes a difference" ... because that would be
bragging.
For the Audio Amish a list of expensive components
he owns is all the bragging needed.
Sometimes the components even sound good (if the room supports good sound quality), but not always.
In fact, the Audio Amish are so convinced everything makes a difference ...
that when asked to compare a component with itself,
they will say state a preference,
or say the hear a difference.
roughly 50% to 75% of the time
(62% in the infamous Stereopile blind amplifier test!)
when no audible difference is possible except in overactive
Audio Amish imaginations!
Making judgements about audio components
and giving advice to others can be very
distorted by the "everything makes a difference" bias.
You just don't hear the words "I don't know" or
"I can't hear a difference" coming from
the mouths (or keyboards) of the Audio Amish.
If that doesn't imply "everything makes a difference",
then I don't know what does.
Well maybe once in a while a humble Audio Amishman
will admit that he was tired, or didn't have
enough time to listen, and as a result could
not confirm the obvious "everything makes a difference".
It's interesting to watch audiophiles "hear" differences in
sighted warm up auditions ... that seem to magically disappear
minutes later when the brand names are hidden.
Even more interesting when it happens to you ...
and you finally realize how strong
the "everything makes a difference" belief
has been deep inside your mind.
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Richard BassNut Greene
"I know what I hear" is often an audio fantasyland
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