On 14/02/11 22:31, magiccarpetride wrote: > In other words, there is ALWAYS a difference. From moment to moment, > things constantly change. Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus said > that a man cannot enter the same river twice. > > See what I'm saying? Even if you haven't changed any component in your > system, and are listening to the same track again, something else in > your surroundings has changed (including your own conditions), and that > change influences how you experience the second replay of the same > track. > > My question is: since you can hear that something is different, can you > measure the difference?
A very interesting example you give here, and I think you're on to something. I agree, hearing is a subjective thing. Your ears send msgs to your brain which interfaces with your conscious and sub-conscious thought and enables you to decide what you think you hear. Measurement can't account for that. It can only detect physical changes. Therefore, there are obviously going to be situations where you really do *hear* something different, but there has been no *physical* change. ie. the difference is all in your mind. That doesn't make it any less real than a physical change but goes some way to explaining the difference between the two camps in the audiophile vs. objectivist debate. Nice one. R. -- "Feed that ego and you starve the soul" - Colonel J.D. Wilkes http://www.theshackshakers.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
