hilde45
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| "IN THE BEGINNING" Audiophilia! Loving this. The snarky tone of the non-audiophile narrator certainly has not changed. And really, why bother? Everyone has their pet hobby and wouldn't it be better if we just let 1000 flowers bloom? | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? Their music is ok but not worth listening to their political BS Yeah, who likes human rights and democracy anyway? We need fist thumping anthems that prop up imperialism and private prisons! | |
| What say you: Is this fair, or AITA? Interesting story. I think you're in the right. I prefer USAM. Less complicated, lower or no fees. | |
| Thick or Thin I like to be able to place things. That said, once I was pretty far back for a concert and it was all blended but just lovely. Sometimes I like like – steak – potato – green beans Sometimes I like – beef stew. And they're both equally "real." | |
| Tube Pre-amp Suggestions. In a reasonable price zone, I’d be curious about preamps from Quicksilver Erhard Audio, Aric Audio, DeHavilland (if you can find them), Supratek Cary (maybe too pricy) Rogue (maybe too pricy) | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" I too often focused on a particular area of presentation, for instance at one time I became totally enamored with mid range timbre to the detriment of pretty much every thing else. I set up a system with that 'golden glow' tube sound, god how I ... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" I agree with the point that all stereo playback systems inherently lose a significant amount of objective acoustic information present in a "real" sound event. (This lost information includes details about timbre, spatial localization, sound holog... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" Nothing wrong with them... they just are not attempts to recreate the real thing. This is a common standard. It assumes that what is "real" is: live music un-amplified (I assume) in some kind of venue (hall, church, club) from a certain ... | |
| Subjective vs. objective? Or subjective and objective? Thanks @knotscott ! Personally, I'm not a fan of words like "subjective" and "objective." Every measurement we do is designed by us, interpreted by us, and applied by us. How long is a yard? How loud is a sound sample? How bright is a speak... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" @sns As for myself and I suppose for most if not all, this audio endeavor is not like some pharmaceutical that could save my life. I don't need or care about some rigorous peer approved double blind study to provide evidence that my chosen audi... | |
| Subjective vs. objective? Or subjective and objective? I like the fact that Danny makes a strong argument that a false dichotomy is being assumed between "objective" and "subjective"** in the context of audio, and Danny argues against it. The core of the false dichotomy is the idea that objective mea... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" @sns Whether one call it preference or bias doesn't matter as they are two sides of the same coin, preference is favoring something, bias is a prejudice against. I don't believe humans are capable of assigning or designing an objective reference ... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" @sns So the question remains, knowing I'm being influenced by my own biases, why is it important for me to conform to some objective determinant of bias? Can't quite follow your point, here. Can you restate it for me? FWIW, I distinguish bet... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" @kerrybh Agree about finding the question interesting. My approach to this hobby has been about learning the gear but also about the process of listening. I know I have biases because I have managed to isolate and counteract some of them. I'm in... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" @bruce19 Thanks for the assist! |