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Stuff You Tried To Love

I know we talk a lot about confirmation bias- we buy something and then convince ourselves we like it. Or something like that. But did you ever buy something you wanted to love and just couldn’t make it work? For me, Esoteric X-05 SACD/CD player. Bought from a local who was upgrading to the X-03. Big, beautiful piece of gear, but I couldn’t get used to the sound after 6 months of trying. Sold it to another local- I insisted he listen before he bought and I believe he sold it soon after as well. Totem Forest and Hawk. I loved the whole concept. Slim, easy to live with. Couldn’t get them to work in my room. The Model Ones were much better. I had a couple of other pieces, but this is long enough. BTW, these were bought used without audition.

chayro

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benanders
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chayro

I know we talk a lot about confirmation bias- we buy something and then convince ourselves we like it. Or something like that.
That’s something, but it’s not confirmation bias.

 

 


cleeds

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… I’d probably still have both of those components if confirmation bias was as powerful as some suggest.

And that’s not how confirmation bias works.

 

 

 

toro3

287 posts

… Confirmation bias? 100%. But confirmation bias slowly goes away, too.

Also not how confirmation bias works.

 

Just FYI, fellas.

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knock1

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@benanders enlighten us then, how confirmation bias work.


@knock1 hi, who is “us”? I don’t recall communicating with you before. If you have a question or counterpoint, all good. But if your comment’s an invitation for me to type up general info on a matter that’s already covered abundantly elsewhere, I’ll respectfully pass. 

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