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mahgister

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I see the issue with ABX blind testing
My very rational and very intelligent half deaf wife is ASR first supporter ...😊 We stay married but we differ here ...😁😊😉 I had no neighbor nor any need for one ... 😎 ( my story is a parable here)      
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I dont think focussing on music is a cure for gear upgrades obsessed audiophiles. They are obsessed by the sound because they are not satisfied by the sound not because they suffer from an illness... They suffer from acoustics basic ignorance...... 
Mark Levinson Has Saved Me And My MUSIC!!
You are right about the price and rebranding gimmick... 😊 @mahgister  I know that. He was sued because one could get the exact same equipment for 1/10 the price he was selling the same equipment minus the brand name he used. Remember, John Curl... 
Mark Levinson Has Saved Me And My MUSIC!!
Sorry but chinese equipment is not a synonymus with trash... Sometimes yes sometimes not...   It seems i am not the only one not always "nuanced" ... 😊   This is the gent who bought Chinese made equipment,  
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We cannot moved others before being ourselves moved... Then for sure playing an instrument is a + ...  
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I am not a musician but i can wrote a book about the meaning of the Bruckner 5 th symphony as if it was a movie with a deep images content even if i dont read music. 😊 I am an audiophile because i am able to create my own dedicated acoustic room ... 
Napping while listening
I sleep/stay awake sometimes like ghdprentice between two worlds  because i am too happy by the sound/music... When i listened @simonmoon type of music i stay plain awake but i dont know why ... 😁😉 and sorry thecarpathian retirement could be o... 
I see the issue with ABX blind testing
Interesting distinction and important one! +1 tonywinga    It seems we are often less fooled than trained to perceive in certain way ...  
Jazz for aficionados
Me for sure! I adore Hammond jazz... Thanks for the recommendation... I did not even know the name ... Joey Defrancesco is my best...   I identified 6 albums... I dont know if there is more... This show under is interesting... I will definit... 
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It is more easy and fun  to change a component as  it is to change a woman   to upgrade them so to speak 😁... But we learned more putting them in the right embeddings enrironment.😊  And often we must "teak" ourselves to kept our friends...   ... 
I see the issue with ABX blind testing
I apologize to you because i was perhaps rude saying this...😁 I apologise sincerely ... But hearing is perhaps easy to trick in artificial condition but in natural one it is more reliable if not we would have less survival successes in tracking a... 
I see the issue with ABX blind testing
Saying that : The stereo image is an audible illusion.  Our ears/brains are being tricked into hearing sounds distributed throughout a spatial field. Does not mean that our hearing is a poor tool waiting to be tricked... It only say that in n... 
I see the issue with ABX blind testing
@mahgister I do not - I have been involved in blind ABX testing in audio and in science. How the Brain Fills in the Blanks | Psychology Today     This is just common place facts almost pop psychology used as pretext to the debunk circus in a... 
I see the issue with ABX blind testing
The problem with the X part is that we distinguish sound qualities differences by our unconscious body feeling not by conscious remembering .We felt a change we do not always perceive it clearly. we will perceive it more clearly by changing some a... 
I see the issue with ABX blind testing
@mahgister Always talking about acoustics, he is right and I say that with a unique perspective making recording all over the world and listing to my own recording all over the world. I greatly appreciate your feedback on my own experience . I ...