Not so different from the snake oil sellers approach: Money and sells before search for perfection. The only difference is AD provide... more measurements and less poetry ;-)
With time I noticed AD (and all others) provides ... less and less technical datas in their sheets and more and more ... poetry .
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I've been doing it for years.
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I was referring more to when this sort of stuff was published in AES in the good old days. I guess you have to be Shure/Harman sized to be able to do this sort of stuff these days (or as big as shure used to be).
It's the audiophile myth that DBT somehow dulls the listener's senses of discriminating subtle differences. There are cases where the listeners were hearing difference between expensive audio cables and cheap audio cables when told which one is being used despite listening to the same set of cables. In such case they were hearing the difference in their own minds just by being told which cables are used. Often the subjective side ignore or are unaware of the psychology aspect of sound playback system.
In sound playback system, the term "hi-fi" isn't what you think it is.
Another heresy. I've decided that I'm fed up reaching round the back of things to plug in so preamp rebuild will end up with a couple of db25 connectors and umbilicals. Just where to put the patch panels to avoid the evil stare...
Myth ? Please, provide proofs. (ah ah)
We are not responsible of other people's illusions or phantasms. And I have better things to do than listen to "cables".
Really ? You do know what i "think" ?
A good example of scientific spirit. probably the cause of your taste for blindness. ;-)
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Except perfection here is quantifiable and measured. As for the data sheets, I have given up and retired from that and it seems the way it is going to be going forward.
My amps, pre and power supply all have connections on the front, ugly but SO practical 😀
The DCX2496 is suspended vertically so the connections are on the bottom, I kid you not
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It's you who stated on post #13749 that "Double blind is not optimal", "it requests a too complex process of recognition", insufficient to discriminate subtle differences". The onus is on you to back it up with proof. Without proof, it's a myth.
I know what you wrote.
You're a myth.
DBT have proven to be useless. Utterly useless. They don't help anyone buy a stereo, and they don't help anyone sell one either.
Over the weekend, I actually interacted with REAL ANALOG ENGINEERS at the Analog Aficionados conference that happens in Silicon Valley once a year. It remains the main social meeting of analog designers in Silicon Valley, and has been for many years.
Unfortunately, this year, Scott Wurcer, Barrie Gilbert and Bob Cordell did not show up, but we muddled on anyway.
Only a couple of other audio designers were there. Kirkwood Rough (of DIY) and Keith O. Johnson (Spectrol and Reference Recordings) were the only two who actually design audio that I know. However there were many others including authors of textbooks on electronics were there to talk to. Still, I am getting a little too old (77) to really enjoy standing around in a loud room. I almost needed earplugs, it was so loud. (really live room) I probably will not attend again, but let's see how I feel next year. '-)
Unfortunately, this year, Scott Wurcer, Barrie Gilbert and Bob Cordell did not show up, but we muddled on anyway.
Only a couple of other audio designers were there. Kirkwood Rough (of DIY) and Keith O. Johnson (Spectrol and Reference Recordings) were the only two who actually design audio that I know. However there were many others including authors of textbooks on electronics were there to talk to. Still, I am getting a little too old (77) to really enjoy standing around in a loud room. I almost needed earplugs, it was so loud. (really live room) I probably will not attend again, but let's see how I feel next year. '-)
You did noticed the teasing ? ;-)
People here are so desperately serious and first degree.
This would seem to also get around the rather garish front panel. I need to mod my miniDSP as the stock LEDs are horrid not quite white and way too bright and in direct line of sight.
Child resistant hifi shelving has it's drawbacks.
Scott,
As usual....
uA741s are opamps.
uA741s do sound bad.
Therefore opamps do sound bad. 😉
Or:
uA741s sound bad
LM741s sound bad
MC741s sound bad
Therefore by induction all opamps sound bad.
Or:
NE5534 opamps sound bad when the supply voltage is less than 3 volts. They also sound bad when the rails exceed 25 volts. Audio gear can run with rails from 1.5 volts to greater that 1,200 volts. So obviously for most systems they sound bad.
These are measurable results, so opinion is not applicable. 😉
As usual....
uA741s are opamps.
uA741s do sound bad.
Therefore opamps do sound bad. 😉
Or:
uA741s sound bad
LM741s sound bad
MC741s sound bad
Therefore by induction all opamps sound bad.
Or:
NE5534 opamps sound bad when the supply voltage is less than 3 volts. They also sound bad when the rails exceed 25 volts. Audio gear can run with rails from 1.5 volts to greater that 1,200 volts. So obviously for most systems they sound bad.
These are measurable results, so opinion is not applicable. 😉
True, it's at just the right height I can't see any of the illuminations. I put a piece of black tape over the bright blue LED on the front of my TV to tell me it was on, I mean ON not standby 🙄
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