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In Reply to: Ultrasonics with SACDs? My birds don't like SACDS... posted by jwitzsch on January 3, 2005 at 11:13:22:
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Hi,good idea, I'll try that.
Here is a detailed explanation of the birds' behaviour:
The dual layer test is a good idea. I would also suggest doing it in as blind a fashion as you can - you might be cueing the bird behavior. Have a non-audiophile - one who doesn't know anything about SACD ect and can't hear the difference - do the entire experiment and record the behavior data. You should stay out of the room. There are always many unexpected and weird artifacts of any research method so try to control those. Interesting
Oh, that's the reason, why! Now I understand! I do trigger the birds behaviour, I am the one, who unconsciously HATES SACD-sound and "evaporate" my bad feelings and thus trigger the birds to be nervous!!!!!! I should stay away from that recording format....Just kidding!!!!! :-) :-) ;-)
I'll sit in my listening chair, the remote in my hand and just switch between the CD and the SACD-Layer and look, how my birds react....
Don't you think, that this should be sufficient for testing?
Honestly no. What's your objection to having a non-knowing person do the button pushing and observations? Let's face it, there is anxiety about ultrasonics in SACD. Although perhaps unlikely, one of many possible explanations for some of what you've seen is that birds can in fact sense your emotional state. If a crude device like a lie detector can work why not an amazingly exquisite thing called a bird - that's had several million years of successful evolution a major component of this being the "reading" of preditors in the environment. The birds could in fact be sensing your arousal etc via your pulse rate, PB, respiration etc. "The horse that could do Arithmatic" is a classic case of underestimating and misunderstanding animals. Is interesting and I'd use a non-invested person to do the procedure.
I'll observe them and post....
and try to get my friend, who does not care about HiFi at all, to do some tests and observations....
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