adamslim;215179 Wrote: > I think the point is the attitude shown by Slim Devices and Logitech > staff. Someone posts saying they reckon XYZ sounds better or worse, > the people in power can respond in one of these ways: > > - Oh that's interesting. The areas that affect this have not been > changed at all by the factor that you propose, and our measurements > indicate that there is no change. Could you try this blind? Is anyone > else finding anything like this? It does seem unlikely, so we'd > appreciate a bit more data. > > - That can't happen. What is the point of coming out with comments > like this that have no basis in my understanding of reality and have > not been tested to destruction? Please go away you small person > resembling genitalia. > > It is possible to be open and sceptical, like the first approach, > rather than being dismissive like the second. It encourages others to > try to test the phenomenon, adding to the dataset, whereas the second > approach puts a lot of people off. > > Whatever people are hearing, they are unlikely to post here without > thinking it might be real. Let's have some healthy scepticism and > constructive comments - especially from the Slim staff. There is a lot > of voodoo and snake oil in hi-fi, but there is also a lot that is > unknown or poorly understood. > > Adam
Adam, You are absolutely right, but you're taking my comments quite out of context. The original post was not a mere inquiry or observation. It was a (very successful) troll. From the beginning Omega/Hammer65/KalleAnka has/have asserted that there is a bug, a "design miss", a "serious problem" etc. For better of worse, I tend to reply to people's posts in kind. However, if you subtract the trolling accusation (which was completely unrelated to the specifics of the alleged "bugg") my initial response was dry and impartial: "[...]I would suggest that you consider the placebo affect and apply some simple controls for it in your experiments. Good luck." Is it unreasonable for me to insist on proper testing before I'm willing to explore this kind of claim? I for one prefer not to leap directly into the usual handwaving about jitter, EMI, and other "poorly understood" subjects... at least not until we have a modicum of confidence that the thing exists. Sean -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
