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RE: Please Tony....

It is possible to measure differences that can not be heard. It is possible to hear differences that can not be measured using available equipment and techniques. Failure to measure differences is not an indication that they are not audible. Failure to hear differences is not an indication that they would not be audible under different circumstances, such as a different listener, trained and focused listening, different musical selections, and different playback equipment.

Having an open mind as to the possibility of hearing these differences is perhaps the biggest factor. If one starts out with a belief that they will be inaudible one is unlikely to take the appropriate steps to hear the differences.

In the history of audio there are many instances where people heard differences that could not be measured and later it was discovered how to make measurements that could show these differences. This is particularly common when new technology is introduced, since the commonly used measurements were developed to capture the limitations of an older technology. A newer technology may add other types of differences that are not captured using older measurement techniques.


Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar

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