netchord wrote: > what was the expectation, or perception bias in this instance?
It sounds very much like a lot of other similar cases I have experienced. Someone makes a small change that really shouldn't affect the sound at all (such as rearranging the record collection in the shelf next to the hi-fi rack), and suddenly hears a very clear improvement (improvements seem much more frequent than deteriorations) in sound quality. When actually verifying the observations objectively, it turns out there is no difference. Explanation? Most likely that just the action of fiddling around with your sound system makes you more attentive and perceptive about the sound. Biases are not necessarily conscious ones. You can be biased towards hearing things differently even if you don't consciously expect a change. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101788 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
