My guess he's being honest in saying it's the off-the-map poor measurements for a cable.
I have.
I think you would be more surprised than I when you trust your ears in a DBT. You do trust your ears ?
I have done enough blind tests to know what I hear.
Jolly good, and when you do SY's test I will know as well.I have done enough blind tests to know what I hear.
If everything went to plan I will do a cable burn-in test soon, hope that will satisfy you.
2 channel bidniz is dead , dats the truth , well for 95 % of those involved in it and who are currently operating on rigor mortis .
Are great things happening ? ... absolutley but the bidniz is A/V driven and this is where it will survive.
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Aren't cables /wires nothing more than simple RLC circuits ? there will always be a difference if the RLC circuit is different ..
Interestingly enough, at THE SHOW this week, I had a long discussion with a professional photographer. I mentioned the special process I had seen for photographing, and therefore preserving the Picasso, etc, paintings at famous museums around the world. He scoffed that it was virtually impossible to capture the painting on any film. I presume because of the 2 dimensional nature of the photograph, but there may be more to it.
Unlikely. Moore's Law works in that sector too, equipment prices are falling through the floor. Lower prices, lower distribution profits. DVDs are copied and shared nearly as much as CDs. A/V isn't stronger, just later.
Well I am a bit of a Steve Hewlett zealot I think. So I would probably tend to stick with IAG speakers for absolute bang for your buck. Not saying there aren't other speakers at that price point on par or better - probably are. But to me him and IAG were some of the first this century to raise the bar of what you should expect from a speaker at an entry level price point. What are we talking about bare bones as cheap as you can get entry level? Or a specific budget here?
I wonder how John would explain the fact that those who have been participants in double blind tests profess to have confidence in hearing differences during the test?
If what John said is true, they would say "Hey, I can't hear any difference" and the test would end before it began.
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Steve: My own experience was different. I was confident that I could hear the differences (certain to the level of someone like Andrea). Then level match, blind, and... well, that was a revelation to me.
However, I've seen it more often go the way you describe: "Whaddaya mean I only got 50% identification?!?" That's when the excuse-making and rationalization goes into high gear. Anything but acceptance of what their ears told them. The exact opposite of "trust your ears."
However, I've seen it more often go the way you describe: "Whaddaya mean I only got 50% identification?!?" That's when the excuse-making and rationalization goes into high gear. Anything but acceptance of what their ears told them. The exact opposite of "trust your ears."
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