P Nelson wrote: > I found the quote above interesting. > > There are some people that can do exceptional things that most people > cannot because of physical gift and training. We see it every four > years at the Olympics. I do believe some people can actually hear the > difference between a quality analog cable and very expensive versions. > However, at some point in quality improvement most of the population > cannot hear a difference because we do not have the physical gift. > > Digital transmission technology is designed to eliminate distortion, or > reduce it to very low levels, so the ability for most people to hear the > difference of an item digital equipment (that meets the proper > specification) is either impossible due to physics or exceptionally > rare. Therefore, if someone is exceptional and can hear the difference, > they should be able to prove it. > > The sentence about people would not buy the gear if they could not hear > a difference, while logical, may not be true. As someone said, there is > a sucker born every minute, and there are companies and salespersons out > to take advantage of it. The person that just spent the price of a car > on a sound system is told, dont rely on the power cord that came with > that expensive amp, you need $1000 cord. It is called the upsell with a > huge profit margin. The item is a small percentage of the total system > and the sales person says they can hear the difference, so the buyer not > wanting to admit they cannot hear it decides to buy it. There is also > the brain factor where we see things that are not really true, perhaps > this also applies to hearing. (Look up a TV show called Brain Games, it > is interesting.) > > PaulI didn't change anything in my system but today it seems to sound better than yesterday. I wonder how John Darko would explain that [emoji1787]
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