cliveb wrote: > That isn't how placebos work. You don't get to consciously choose > whether you're going to give them a chance. They operate at a deep, > subconscious level in the mind. And to suggest that the placebo effect > works everywhere *except* audio is just silly.
+1 that is exactly why we have all this audio myths , like wav sounds bettter than flac and the couple of thousands of other missconceptions . If you are aware of the effect and can counter act your bias it is per defenition *not* bias :) nor placebo . I think I experienced *pseudo placebo* once a freind of mine experimented with biwiring adn invited me (a practice that probably makes things worse if it does something at all ) we experimented with swapping cables etc . After a while we discovered that we had the short circuit jumpers still installed in the speakers :blush: somehow we managed to ignore the consequnce (ah the power of the mind and perceptive bias ) and I managed to be a cargo cult member for years to come anyway . That was a while before my proper engineering education . But i managed to be an audiophool despite this for years , but eventually reality won the day , years of engineering gnaws away on the most silly beliefs system and eventually you get an aha moment , you knowledge haas been building in your head and suddenly "f*ck this is all pants :)". To keep Garym calm , I was properly cured from audiophilia before I for example was doing any work on core recirculation pumps in nuclear reactors . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 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
