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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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realworldaudio
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A certain parameter measures better, therefore it must sound better. - Well, that is just another form of confirmation bias! Might be helpful for some, but for me that's totally irrelevant. I go by what my experience tells me, so there are different ways to establish why something means a lot or not that much for you.

Stepping beyond that, I find it useful that he does lots of measurements. Very informative and dare say educational. I have watched only very few of his videos, and I can say that his measurements are good and it's very refreshing to see someone doing it. I saw logical faults in the measurement analysis that attributed incorrect outcomes to the measurements.

That says more about me though, right?

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