edwardthern wrote: > Don't want to go off on a tangent. Well, you might not have wanted to, but I think you succeeded. :)
> Double blind tests etc are used to prove something.... I'm not > interested in a Nobel prize or proving anything to anyone. If someone > tries a 'tweak' and feels they need to do a DBT in order to prove it to > themselves they are hearing what they think they are hearing....well > thats on them.:eek: Indeed. But if you follow the "everything matters" mantra of some subjectivist audiophiles, you will spend all your time testing endless tweaks, and thinking you hear a difference. I am not sure the rest of us want to waste our time on random, unsubstantiated tweaks. > I ate some really good steak this weekend, fortunately I didn't need a > DBT to prove to myself it tasted better than the last steak I ate.:D Nobody *needs* DBTs to prove subjective preferences to themselves (but if you have an open mind and are curious about how your mind works, you might want to give it a try), but it is our prerogative to regard them as unsubstantiated. "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=106252 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
