ralphpnj wrote: > The Audiostream blog offers this little "pre" takedown of the Ars > Technica Ethernet cable test: > > http://www.audiostream.com/content/trouble-audio-tests#5WUtFUSgOOb0s7uL.97 > > A few comments: > > First if I remember correctly did not Archimago state that he has been > banned from posting comments on the Audiostream site and if so, then I > strongly suggest that Archimago contact Mr. Lavorgna and demand that > this post quoting him by taken down at once. > > Second I love the way Lavorgna goes from using individual preferences > being used as proof of questionable audible differences to individual > preferences being, well, just individual preferences. The complete > dismissal of statistical methods in favor of purely anecdotal evidence > is remarkable. Dr. Oz would be proud.
Well. As they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity... :) Saw a pop in my viewership numbers the other day and found out why. Provides an opportunity for me to write a followup on his comments I suppose even though I can't post anything on his page directly. I'm not even sure he knows what he believes... Some kind of "'methodological solipsism' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism)"? (I think someone mentioned this already in another thread...) > > The theory of solipsism also merits close examination because it relates > to three widely held philosophical presuppositions, each itself > fundamental and wide-ranging in importance: > > 1. My most certain knowledge is the content of my own mind—my thoughts, > experiences, affects, etc. > > 2. There is no conceptual or logically necessary link between mental and > physical—between, say, the occurrence of certain conscious experience or > mental states and the 'possession' and behavioral dispositions of a > 'body' of a particular kind (see the brain in a vat). > > 3. The experience of a given person is necessarily private to that > person. > Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103978
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