hilde45
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| 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! | |
| Critical listening and altered states @newton_john I've not had much chance. Skimming a bit, I'm very curious in the idea that listening to music while doing other things doesn't necessarily equate to superficial engagement. The notion of "multiply distributed attention" leading to in... | |
| Unusual countries for audio gear Cyprus, Serbia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania — very interesting. I'm curious about this question in part bc countries/companies that offer high value for lower cost might come from these countries as they try to break into the market. | |
| Unusual countries for audio gear @gano I cannot understand your point. Restate it, please? Norway-- far north. Has audio. Greece, much further south, different climate. China in the east, UK in the west. Etc. So you are saying...? | |
| Unusual countries for audio gear Of those so far, the unusual ones to me are Estonia, Hungary, Spain, Israel, and Greece. The others are more well known. (I forgot about Hegel!) [Kofibaffour, you're mentioning easy, well-known ones. Perhaps a thread for that can pop up somewhere... | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? Saying "91db" etc. is a bit vague. Take a look at this for a bit more detail: https://www.audioholics.com/loudspeaker-design/understanding-impedance-electrical-phase The Fritz Carbon 7 speakers are 88 db if memory serves but because of the natur... | |
| Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass? The problem is you can't tell whether or not the recording is realistic. You can only tell if the sound produced by your system is realistic. And that means compared to live. When you compare it to "live" to see if it's realistic, are you thi... | |
| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical Interesting post. I'm wondering about a couple of thigns. First, have you oversimplified the factor of Delta-Sigma DAC. While it's true that many Delta-Sigma DAC chips employ oversampling and digital filters, the implementation and quality of th... | |
| Integrated amp under $5k So – this is NOT an integrated amp, but in case their same technology is in their integrated amps... I’m curious about this because it’s a brand most audiophiles would think are mid-fi. But sometimes there are hi-fi products which just defy the m... | |
| Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass? This sounds like a question for Dr. Freud. |