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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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ASR and Amir have value, but not the value they believe themselves to have.

I try to find the silver lining in everything and when I look at support equipment (DDC, preamps, signal pass-through etc.) and ASR measures them, I do rely on their stamp of approval as encouragement.

As other equipment, not so much.

What I have purchased based on ASR reviews

Singxer SU-6

Benchmark HPA4 (as a preamp)

MiniDSP Dirac unit

However there have been some gear that they have ripped to shreds that I absolutely love, along the lines of DAC's and amps and such.

To that I say... measurements don't equate to sound, however measurements do equate to silence IMO.

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