mswlogo;210385 Wrote: > How did you "A/B" it, you had two !! To me, A/B means I push a button to > compare instantly. If you mean you sent it in, waited a week or two and > then plugged in and said WOW then that really means nothing (to me > anyway). > > The brain just doesn't remember that well. > > Look at it this way. Doesn't the same song sound great one day and just > ok another. Maybe you didn't sleep as well one day or another. Or maybe > you didn't have your coffee that day. How music impresses someone > CONSTANTLY changes. So there is no way you can compare something a week > a part. Sometimes it's not even a particular song, some days music just > doesn't click as well on one day as another. If it didn't change so > much I'd just buy one album and enjoy it over and over. You brain is > adpating changing every time you listen to it. Also it's a little like > sex. The longer you wait the better it is :). > > It's this variability that snake oil sale folks try to take advantage > of. > > And this doesn't even touch the whole aspect of the power of > suggestion. Unless you can critically blind test it, go back and forth > then it's just not a valid test. > > Check out this radio show that covers the Placebo effect. It shows how > powerful the power of suggestion is. > > http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2007/05/18
A good question to you would be: Why did you choose the gear you use? AP -- aberdeencomponents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aberdeencomponents's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26306 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
