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In Reply to: Re: "Caps sound different" or how an audio myth is born posted by May Belt on March 7, 2007 at 01:28:57:
which does not mean that I believe that what they hear is real. As long as those listening tests include parameters which are not controlled or even considered, sorry, then I can't accept the results as being valid. Which is exactly the case for the above mentioned cap-in-a-crossover story.People's obervation are valid only when the experimental circumstances are without flaws. That's what publishing and peer-reviewing is about. One can look at those circumstances and judge how much validity can be attributed to the results.
Playing a mono recording and switching between right and left speakers which are not pair matched and which are not in the same, i.e. identical location within the listening room do not represent flawless experimental circumstances. Period. So in this particular case "there is something else which invalidates the experience", yes.
I did my own listening experiments, that's why I don't have any special audio rack, or footers or platforms, or cables. That's why I'm about to abandon vinyl and copy all my records to CD. That's why I think that Acoustic System Resonators is a scam. That's why I don't have photographs on the freezer. Life's too short so I prefer enjoying my favorite music instead of doing listening experiments.
Klaus
Follow Ups:
> > Life's too short so I prefer enjoying my favorite music instead of doing listening experiments. < <And that is why you don't know what affects sound !!!!! It's amazing really. Fancy being proud that you don't do listening experiments !!
Other people HAVE taken the trouble to do listening tests !!
Regards,
May Belt.
...what's he doing here if ho doesn't care about sound?Tentative answer: Enjoys being a pain in the butt.
I think I have a pretty good idea of what affects sound and of what does not. And it's because I have a pretty good idea I have chosen the gear I have (yeah, I know, bjh, "perfect.period.", yawn...)Smoking weed, drinking single malt or taking an aspirine affects sound, but that's no reason for me to use either of these.
> Fancy being proud that you don't do listening experiments !! <It's you who says I'm proud! Given the many other things in life listening tests simply have a close to zero priority.
True, Toole, Olive, Bech, just to name a few. And it's because these people have taken the trouble one can say that Dudious' test is invalid.
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["Smoking weed, drinking single malt or taking an aspirine affects sound, but that's no reason for me to use either of these."]By acknowledging such affects you make the case of challengers. By the way, do you use them together?
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