Archimago wrote: > Oh yeah... > > Time for the Golden Ears to get ready and win a cool 7-figures in Vegas > baby! It might be worthwhile asking Ars what gear they will use, and > what test samples to -start training- in listening for subtle > differences. I really hope they will do it right with good gear, > impeccably quiet room, and excellent setup especially with speaker > placement and listening sweetspot. > > With that kind of money, some "top drawer" gear and cables can be yours!
An interesting tie-in with James Randii foundation: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/ars-prepares-to-put-audiophile-ethernet-cables-to-the-test-in-las-vegas/ This is to some degree history repeating itself: http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/97-swift-october-12-2007.html etc., etc. was brought to mind when my wife and I did some Sunday Afternoon's surfing of Netflix/streaming, and came up with this one: http://anhonestliar.com/wp/ "AN HONEST LIAR is a feature documentary about the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James ‘The Amazing’ Randi. The film brings to life Randi’s intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, the artist Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos. But when a shocking revelation in Randi’s personal life is discovered, it isn’t clear whether Randi is still the deceiver – or the deceived." Watching it is IMO time well spent. I feel a lot of sympathy for Randii because I think that ABX has turned out to be a special case of his general goal of debunking generally accepted fakes. I was struck by the fact that it took only 5 rules to hogtie the Golden Ears with ABX while the Randii's more general solution seems to have taken 11 rules. Too bad societies' judgments about his preferences led to so much pain. I don't think his personal choices impugn his work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103978 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
