mlsstl wrote: > Not sure what to make of your comment. > > However, when it comes to my preferences, I hear what I hear and like > what I like. I don't spend time trying to pretend that my perception > yields some universal truth that deems others inferior if they don't > hear the same thing. And I don't ascribe all change in my perception to > a brand of cable or special piece of kit with the latest version of > audio quantum mechanics theory. > > I happily admit that I am the biggest variable in my system. > > There are times I've been listening and have been interrupted by a phone > call. Coming back, I notice that the same album now sounds different - > sometimes better, sometimes worse. In reading audio forums for a number > of years, it seems a good subjectivist would feel compelled to find an > outside technical factor in explanation of the change. A contaminated > electrical supply to the house would seem a favorite in this > circumstance. > > Me? I simply assume some aspect of my mental or physical state has > changed a smidgen. If that makes one a jerk, then I plead guilty. ;-)
Mnyb wrote: > I concur , but from the other end , in my audiophool days I could build > a common expectation bias with a friend :) > > If you search this forum I have explained in detail hat I was on " the > other side " for a very long time , it stings and burns a bit to the ego > to admit hat you been had , but in the its a win ! > > Recently I throw a set of audio quest caldera in the dumpster :) ready > to join the AA . > > (Anonymous audiophiles ) Wombat wrote: > This all sounds rational, honest and even friendly! > What i mean is that someone honestly can claim to be thinking in the > 'middle-of-the-road' and excuses all delusional findings with it and > claims to be rational at the same time. This makes me wonder. Seems this > is the point were you become a jerk. > Hope you understand what i mean. Great comments one and all. I too must confess to having been on "the other side" for a while along due to my engineering background I was never in danger going totally off the deep end. I always tried to keep all the components in my audio system at about the same level, in other words with $3,500 Vandersteen speakers there is no reason to have a $15,000 SACD player nor a $20,000 turntable. And that is also one of the reasons I jumped off the upgrade treadmill - everything I now own is within the same "class" and upgrading any one piece to a "higher" class would mean upgrading almost everything to that same higher class. So no $5,000 DAC for me since my trusty $2,000 Transporter is in the exact same class as the rest of my system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98249 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
