mlsstl;585061 Wrote: > In other words, you're the biggest variable in your system! > > ...QUOTE] > > Hurrah! - wisdom. > > Human psychology is such that we find it incredibly hard to admit this > simple truth and always want to lay the blame elsewhere. Far too often > we need look inwards for the truth. Music is completely a "state of > mind" experience. Sometimes, listening can alter our state of mind and > sometimes our state of mind alters our perception of the music. > > Personally this is why I find ABX testing unhelpful in many cases - our > state of mind is messed with before we start... and it only gets worse. > That's why I am so interested in testing methods that don't involve > human perception. > > Unfortunately, I keep running up against folks who insist that tests > like that are meaningless because... "we can't record/measure this > stuff". > > I just find that response a little sad... > > It's trivially easy to prove if an interconnect or mains cable or power > supply changes the sound or not - and no human judgement is required.
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