jssmith
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| So how much do you think the placebo effect impacts our listening preferences? If you don't believe the placebo effect can affect your judgement, then you are suffering from the placebo effect. | |
| WHAT SONG TOUCHES YOUR HEART THE MOST? Oceans of Slumber - The Banished HeartThe music is epic and the vocals are stunning. | |
| Where do you put your money? Newly designed multi-purpose room ... sticking to 2-channel purpose only (all equipment except bass traps already sourced, but traps are included in the price below) ...Room construction: ??? (let's assume $0 for this exercise as it will be bui... | |
| Best Sounding Speaker Cables? If speaker cables have a sound, then something is wrong with them. | |
| What are the current useless terms in this "audio world" MusicalAnalyticalFastLushWarmAiryPresenceDelicateSparkleSpeedTextureVeiledAll terms with non-specific meanings that are open to wide interpretation or are mythical (like a 'fast' subwoofer), and therefore useless. I'm sure there are many more I've... | |
| Listening to digital and analog Analog is technically inferior to digital, but is often recorded with better dynamic range due to the modern loudness wars of digital. I sold all my analog, but when I listen to my friend's, I have to change my listening to ignore the snap, crackl... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? I'm fully digital, with my sources being Amazon Music HD via Echo, and ripped CDs and Bandcamp FLAC downloads via laptop running MusicBee. I run digital because it's more convenient, it doesn't take up space, it's cheaper, most of the music I list... | |
| Why did you choose the components and speakers that are in your system? Accurate speakers provable by measurements instead of cognitive bias. Electronics that are adaptable to automation and streaming, and under the threshold of audible distortion. Speakers that compliment the rooms they are used in. For example, I n... | |
| Favorite Guitar Solo Pink Floyd - TimeAs a guitar player, I find Gilmour's solos to be boring to play, but emotional to listen to. That creates a dilemma for a guitar player because it's much more fun to attempt to play a Metallica rhythm or Malmsteen solo. Which is w... | |
| The Placebo Effect I remember when my subscription copy of Stereo Review, December 1987(?) came in the mail. It had an article called Do All Amplifiers Sound the Same?*. So the argument has been going on at least that long. In other words, it's not going away any ti... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? Back in the day, we had three choices of home entertainment - three TV channels, board games or audio. Today audio has to compete with way more sources of entertainment. Americans spend $50 billion on video games per year. Some of that used to go ... | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? @djones51: I think since the time they were conducted and now there are speaker manufacturers who are influenced by them at least in the pro market. PSB speakers are still voiced at NRC. Paradigm used to be based on NRC, then strayed, and now t... | |
| What is an audiophile? Are you an audiophile? I call myself an audio enthusiast because the term audiophile is too often associated with someone who believes in snake oil and myths. | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? @perkri: I've read Harman uses both trained employees and trained and untrained civilians. I remember reading that they also did sighted and blind tests with their own engineers and, as expected, the sighted tests had completely different results.... | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? @mahgister: Room/gear/ears synergy is another factors... This is the reason why we choose gear by listening it for practical reason But you can't listen to everything. Heck, there's very little you can listen to in a comparative environment n... |