mlsstl wrote: > The primary problem in the high-end audio world is the consistency with > which devotees treat their personal perception as some sort of > scientific absolute. I just find it incredibly ironic that the > self-described subjectivists never seem to consider that what they hear > may be influenced by some subconscious aspect that has nothing to do > with the sound waves impinging on their eardrums. That thought seems an > impossibility to them.
Right. Why is it that "golden eared" audiophiles seem to feel that being subject to expectation bias is some kind of character flaw? Don't they realise that by insisting they are immune to these influences, they are declaring themselves to be freaks? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97489 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles