In Reply to: Who here DOESN'T believe in The Freeze Effect? (Freezing items will improve sound?) posted by Posy Rorer on April 10, 2007 at 11:00:17:
I do not believe cryoing CDs will result in an audible change in performance. I do not believe freezing audio equipment will help it, although that is a new one for me. Why? Because I am not aware of any credible evidence that that these things change the performance. Uncontrolled sighted auditions are not reliable evidence for the audibility of small differences.However, as the null hypothesis cannot be proven, all I can say is that I have seen no credible evidence that these things result in audible differences.
Credible evidence would be that people can prove they can hear the differences in controlled double blind tests, or alternatively, that measured results show sonic differences above known just noticeable differences, or both.
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Follow Ups
- I would like some good evidence for it in audio. - Pat D 19:08:32 04/10/07 (12)
- Don't hold your breath. And don't expect any Golden Ears to admit that their ears could be fooled by expectations - Richard BassNut Greene 07:31:38 04/11/07 (11)
- Why Hold Our Breath When You Just Make Unsubstantiated Claims? - thetubeguy1954 09:43:34 04/11/07 (6)
- What has this to do with the price of eggs in China? (nt) - Pat D 12:14:41 04/11/07 (0)
- Interesting, how "objectivism" so often comes down to simply making assertions. nt - clarkjohnsen 11:54:24 04/11/07 (4)
- Re: Interesting, how "objectivism" so often comes down to simply making Unsubstantiated assertions. - thetubeguy1954 13:40:18 04/11/07 (2)
- It works both ways, tubey. (nt) - Pat D 18:51:47 04/11/07 (0)
- I sit corrected. nt - clarkjohnsen 13:48:55 04/11/07 (0)
- Interesting, how "subjectivism" so often comes down to simply making assertions. (nt) - Pat D 12:02:29 04/11/07 (0)
- Your gross assumption again. - cheap-Jack 09:15:26 04/11/07 (2)
- You would be a rare audiophile to use a sound meter to match A-B volumes - Richard BassNut Greene 08:10:21 04/12/07 (1)
- Wideband white noise & pink noise. (nt) - cheap-Jack 08:53:05 04/12/07 (0)
- Gee thanks, Richard! I was turning blue . . . (nt) - Pat D 08:55:21 04/11/07 (0)