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RE: Ignore the doubters!

I am not simply rabble rousing, although I may belong in the lounge at DiyA on the subject of science! There is some crazy thuggish groupthink on some forums, although AA is more open minded as are many on DiyA, which is why I occasionally pop in.

This is an area I have spent my life studying. Tens of thousands of hours, 35 semesters in university, 100s of books, tons of audio gear, and more interaction with working audio people worldwide than most can claim.

So if you want to believe in trendy in-group buzzwords from an audio forum over me, go ahead. No skin off my nose.

Ask Dave Slagle to tell you the story where he intentionally reversed the direction of one wire in a batch of coils he made for Pierre Sprey at Mapleshade, without telling them...and they caught it!

I first heard about directionality of wires from Pierre 20 years ago. I have no doubt that the worked hard to develop this acuity and he seems to be consistent in his ability to identify it.

Pierre's design partner was/is? an actual working physicist in a top government research facility, by the way,

Personally, I don't worry about this and I will never put a wood chip on a transformer. I have bigger problems than these.

When I discuss science and its role in knowledge systems, I am speaking from a position of a reasonable level of education and understanding. And decades of fieldwork observing audiophiles and their work.

Empirically-based, experimental studies such as that undertaken by the OP can yield a useful body of practical knowledge. Moreso than abstract physics discussions in absence of any direct experience, I would venture.

It's a complicated world out there, especially when music listening is the subject and goal.

We can "know that" something works without "knowing how" something works. Most of our knowledge is like that.

When I read the OPs post, it seems he came a long way from zero, with a lot of work and found out a lot of very useful and valid ideas.

So, I think I'm doing y'all a favor by cautioning against sweeping generalizations to specific cases built on words on a page or screen.

You just don't appreciate it yet.

Listen, the role of a "model." which is what the textbook case is, is to compare it to reality and look for differences and gaps...and, if found, you adjust the model! Not the other way around.

In this case, music amplification, I think it is reasonable that listening experience should be included.

Why do you think I am on audio forums talking about this? If I want to fight, I can go have it out with my insane neighbor.

PS--And I would exercise double caution in making "scientific" claims about human music listening, because this isn't a science and never will be. Electronics is a science, if far more complex than electronics 101 would have one believe, but what people do with it is not.

What I react to is using bogus notions like "expectation bias" as a priori shoot-downs. This is something that needs to be proven in specific cases, even if you buy the theoretical reasoning, which I do not in the form it is given.

Isn't it the case that a generalized belief in expectation bias is itself an expectation bias? Think about it.

Anyway, I'm happy to share some of my hard-earned academic knowledge and save y'all $250k in Ivy League tuition.

I support what the OP is doing and congratulate him on his work, even if, as I plainly stated, I personally don't buy some of it. How can I say he is "wrong" if it is right for him. I'll bet that system sounds really good!

BTW, my good friend Nanana has also studied philosophy of science and the human sciences so he would be generally in agreement with me.

I'm just trying to hip you all to major trends in 20th century intellectual history that are being completely bypassed in most audio discussions I encounter, especially the ones that purport to be "serious."

Read my sig and have a nice day.


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