botrytis
Responses from botrytis
| Chicago, Illinois It will be a chat, listen, maybe eat and drink affair. You have been to my place. So you know, we enjoy people chatting and enjoying themselves. I will make sure my friend, who was at the Christmas get together will not be there. Dave | |
| Chicago, Illinois I drive all over the Chicago area as my parents live in Lemont. I can get around. Let me know people about getting together -I am more of a chill and relaxed person. Dave sevenonetwo sevennineoh seventwothreeeight | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing @mahgister None of it is standardized. Even in Grad School there was some standardization. Same with working in a distillery - tasting panels are standardized and they basically look for certain things. There is NONE of that in audiophiledom, peri... | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing Well, to the 'Golden ears' how were you trained? When I think of training of the senses, I think of how Sommeliers are trained. They are trained on taste, smell, grape, terrior, etc. They are all trained the same way. No audiophile is trained that... | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing @soix Sorry you feel that way. I am a trained scientist and I know how skewed our internal system is. As I said, it is part and parcel of our survival mechanism. I do not trust ’golden ears’ because they are just as biased as the rest of us and a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk I try. I have many friends that go down the equipment rabbit hole and get lost. I thank my wife for keeping me grounded as we often listen together. I love Herbie Hancock as I remember seeing him, for the first time, during his 'Rockit... | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing @tonywinga Everyone knows Red cars are faster and sexier 🤣 Sorry - couldn't help it. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim I am always looking. I troll around Bandcamp a lot and find some unique artists and music there. I am one that actively searches out music. My audio equipment is there to play for my habit of buying music 😁 | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing @tonywinga If you ACTUALLY watched the video, what the YT person said was true about the Danny test. Since he was in the room when switching cables, that can be seen a even a slight biasing of the results. The other thing, if you look at DBT, they... | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing @jetter Because people DON'T want to know the truth about what they spend. It seems much of this hobby is about ego, more than just music reproduction. That is all these systems do. The Deal blind test was a flawed one because he never left the ro... | |
| Why all or most audiophiles are men? @maguiar102 I don't buy anything without my partner listening with me. She gets sick of the chest-beating men, who seem to have something to prove with their systems. She also has BETTER ears than me, hence why her opinion is important as we like ... | |
| Cool running, low powered power amp I find the Benchmark amp everything that has been said about it, in this thread. A third recommendation. | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing @soix I have eaten blindfolded before. My wife took me once to a restaurant that specialized in blindfolded dining. It was to say an eye-opening experience. I didn't appreciate it at the time, but on reflection should have appreciated the lesson t... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? I have heard the Devore O series speakers. They are just terrible to me. And the latest from Devore, his 44K USD O that is out, at AXPONA, sounded like a tin radio. Down the hall they had the mini O's playing driven by a Naim Unity which sounded 1... | |
| Benchmark Media Systems. Right or wrong @audphile1 See, you are comparing playing music with music REPRODUCTION, which is two different things. I want my system to convey exactly what was recorded by the artist. To me that is accuracy and yes it will convey the emotion that the artist p... |