He's only changed my mind about some power conditioning products but never about actual stereo products! I think measurements are important up to a certain point. This is one reason I read Stereophile to read the measurement section of their reviews! So many amplifiers (especially tube amps) not even coming close to their specified power claims! They measure distortion at 1% and it appears the manufacturers measure it at 10%. Why don't we have a standard for this with tube amps? The same goes with speaker sensitivity. I have seen so many speakers that were several dB lower than their claimed sensitivity specifications. I truly believe some things in audio can't be measured yet and the final judge is my ears. With this being said measurements are important and keep manufacturers honest about their published claims!
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.