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Did Amir Change Your Mind About Anything?

It’s easy to make snide remarks like “yes- I do the opposite of what he says.”  And in some respects I agree, but if you do that, this is just going to be taken down. So I’m asking a serious question. Has ASR actually changed your opinion on anything?  For me, I would say 2 things. I am a conservatory-trained musician and I do trust my ears. But ASR has reminded me to double check my opinions on a piece of gear to make sure I’m not imagining improvements. Not to get into double blind testing, but just to keep in mind that the brain can be fooled and make doubly sure that I’m hearing what I think I’m hearing. The second is power conditioning. I went from an expensive box back to my wiremold and I really don’t think I can hear a difference. I think that now that I understand the engineering behind AC use in an audio component, I am not convinced that power conditioning affects the component output. I think. 
So please resist the urge to pile on. I think this could be a worthwhile discussion if that’s possible anymore. I hope it is. 

chayro

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carlsbad2
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ASR is clickbait.  There is a lot of confirmation bias out there but ASR did not address that.  

Too many people post the arguments their salesmen used to sell them an expensive peice of equipment like it is fact.

Bottom line is you need to learn to do your own listening and evaluation. For me  it involves going back and forth after hours or days of listening in each pass.  

Too many times "different" is interpreted as "better".  "yes, I can hear a difference"  but you need to go back and forth with lots of different music to figure out what the subtlties are and was different better or worse.

Jerry

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carlsbad2
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To better answer the question:  Not even close.

Random observation:  Amir and Jason seem to be 2 peas in a pod.

Jerry

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